http://motodom.com/RosePark.html
Page now has some nice additions to it!
How Awesome! Can't wait! Need to get some golf in at those sweet digs 
Looks excellent!! Nice job!
What on earth was a half million needed for? I assume that must be the land value...?
The trucking in of, shaping and worth of 100k yards of dirt to make the 3 primary land forms is what took 85% of the 500,000. the worth of the land would be closer to 15m zoned for commercial.
It wouldn't have been easier and cheaper just plant some trees to shape the holes?
It would probably make for some better golf, too.
wow! that just seems crazy! --gonna shut my mouth on this, it can only get bad.
if you have ever seen a bid for a road construction project u know that the cost of the fill dirt and the operation costs of the heavy equipment that is required is ginormous and takes up most of the budget
I've heard that machine an operator can run into multiple hundreds of dollars per hour. Plus whoever said "dirt cheap" wasn't actually talking about dirt.
I hope to get to over there and play someday.
This project of using "ginormous" amounts of fill dirt to turn a totally flat 21 acres into a natural looking hill-scape, was the idea of Hyzerbomber and the City Park's Director.
Thanks to Cary's ingenuity, the results are some elevated tee pads, some elevated baskets, some physical mandos, and hiding the city-scape from view, on 1/2 of the course - all which makes it much more interesting than that flat land it began as. Cary, in my opinion, worked some excellent magic in designing and working out the details. The balance between utilizing space and making sure that safety and fun is maxed is tricky for 21 acres. I have yet another level of appreciation for those of you who can tweak out a nice DG course layout.
The hardest part though, was the patience involved in such earthwork. 100,000 yards is 5,000 truckloads @20 yards a dump.
Then you have sculpting costs on top of that. Correct about multi hundreds of dollars per hour for the cost of earthwork services.
However, keep in mind.. the majority of the $500k in fill dirt was donated in exchange for a tax deduction.. which totaled about $150,000 off the business' tax bill! The beauty of having a non-profit org!
I don't doubt the enormous cost of such earthwork. All I can assume is that this was the only land option available for this project... because this IS The Rocky Mountains .. and.. well, I think you know what I mean 
I have played Rose Park a few times now, and I think it's a great course... that is only going to get way, way, way sweeter with time!! 
Seriously, Great job guys.
Looks great, and a great reminder of one of MT's true disc golf success stories! Can't wait to play Rose Park through the years as it ages and improves.