The Raven Golf Club at Three Peaks

The Raven at Three Peaks is a "must play" for a traveling golfer anxious to experience Rocky Mountain beauty with fresh, clear air, gorgeous views and no humidity.
My group of mostly out-of-state players thoroughly enjoyed playing 36 holes here last year. They seemed to enjoy playing the second round from the White tees after getting beat up from the Silver Tees on the back nine in our first round.
The fairways and greens were in fine shape other than a few boggy spots on some fairways. The Raven's biggest challenge seems to be keeping the cart paths from sliding down the mountainsides....a problem common to Summit County including I-70.
The unique features of The Raven are generally wide and lush fairways, large and fine greens that are very challenging to read and great elevation changes.
Bring your camera for great Rocky Mountain scenery combined with a fair amount of local wildlife including fox, deer, an occasional moose and ospreys that for years have had their huge nest on a post overlooking the 3rd fairway. You may see an osprey snatch a large trout from ponds of The Raven or the neighboring ponds and fly it back to its tall nest on the pole.
The Raven staff will welcome you to a great day of golf and send you off on what begins as a rather tame front nine. But as you climb from the Blue River valley uphill to the par 3 8th hole (appropriately named Buena Vista) you'll be ready for 2 very exciting downhillers. The 8th hole measures 184 yds from the Raven (tips) tees and 134 yds from the forward tees. A player with a good game should probably hit about 3 clubs less than he'd hit this distance in Texas due to the approximate 150 ft. drop from tee to green and the thin, light air at almost 9,000' above sea level. Of course this depends on the wind that day. Just don't miss left or long!
Then #9 is a breathtaking par 4 with a launch pad tee box that must sit 300 feet or more above the green on this par 4 monster. Drive your tee shot straight out into the Rocky Mountain air and watch it drop hopefully to the center of the lush, downsloping fairway. Then hit your long iron to the left front of the right sloping green, earn your birdie or par and head happily past the beautiful Raven clubhouse and patio to the even more challenging back nine.
The Raven's back nine has two very tough par 3s (#12 and 14) and five fun but challenging par 4s. But it's the two par 5s that really define the back nine here. #11 (properly named Waterloo) is a super risk/reward hole. Your tee shot hopefully will land just short of the large trout filled pond straight off the tee. A well-struck 200+ yard, high risk second shot over the pond puts you in great position for a birdie or eagle. But the more prudent shot tends to be playing the hole as a double dogleg and hit a mid to long iron left of the pond in preparation for lofting a high, soft iron to a green that can be tough to hold.
My favorite hole is The Raven's signature #16. It's a long downhill, dogleg right par 5. Measuring 601 yards from the tips and 489 yards from the forward tees this hole welcomes a long, left center tee shot followed by an equally long and well aimed second shot near or on a well- bunkered, roller coaster green. From #16 you begin a long, uphill climb through two tough par 4s and finish at a high point on the course.
After your final putt on #18 you'll drive a long, steep, downhill cart path with lots of switchbacks before returning to the clubhouse for a great lunch, dinner and/or drinks on the normally sunny patio. You've earned a beverage of choice following your Rocky Mountain high golf experience at The Raven at Three Peaks.

We arrived with the temp at about 38 degrees. My 2 brothers; one from Boston and the other from Australia, were about to kill me for making a T time in the mts when it was so warm down in Denver where we came from this am.
Since there was a frost delay and the bar made great Bloodys the bros calmed down. We t'd off at 11:00.

By the 2nd hole shorts and golf shirts were perfect.
The greens were sandy but given the day not so bad.

Thank you Raven for a great price and a fantastic experience on a perfect golf day in the Colorado Rockies!

FOR $35 I'D DRIVE UP EVERY WEEK!!! bE BACK NEXT WEEK IF THE SAME DEAL APPLIES!!!! GREAT LAYOUT AND CONDITIONS....GREAT VIEWS

we were lucky ....the bears only bothered the golf balls. tough course ....4.1 star rating. cold and wind made for a challenging round! tough putting!

I play at this course annually on my wife and I's trip to Colorado and the course never disappoints. The scenery alone framed by mountains and Aspens are enough to make you forget the world or a bad golf shot!

The course is challenging but rewards good shot selection and accuracy. With the slope and being strung througout the foothills adds nice challenges for shots and course management. The course is always in excellent shape for the greens, fairways and tee boxes with links style rough pushing accuracy.

The staff is always polite and greets me promptly and has answered any questions I have. While basic, the driving range serves all my needs to loosen up with the driving range as well as a putting green and sand/chipping green.

Worth the drive up the mountains and prices for this gorgeous, fun course! I'll be back next year!

See my ratings. Down side was it was windy but can't last blame for that.

We picked this course based on what their web site said and we were not disappointed. This course was the most beautiful and scenic course I have ever played. It was a slow day for the club and it offered my friend and I the opportunity to take lots of pictures of the course and the beautiful and picturesque mountains that are all around it. We were in no hurry and there were no groups in front or behind to worry about. We spent about six hours playing and enjoying a great lunch at the turn. The staff could not have been more friendly and courteous to us. We loved it!!! The course itself in addition to being so pretty and scenic was in excellent condition. If I'm ever in the area again, I will definitely plan on playing it.

Front nine is ok. Back nine is very nice
Would like to play again during summer time but don't know if $140 per round can be justified

This is one of the best mountain courses I've played. Be sure to visit around the 20th of September for great color. Course conditions always seem to be excellent here. Use Golfnow for better fees.

The view from the elevated tee boxes alone is worth the price. Forgiving fairways and challenging greens. I would play this course everyday if I lived there.

The staff is very accomodating and the facility is beautiful. I found some of the holes on the back nine where there was a creek to cross difficult for an average woman golfer. The scenery was outstanding especially where there were elevated tee boxes. Will definitely play it again.

My daughter and I had a wonderful, enjoyable round, friendly young golfers who knew the game well. The banter was free flowing. The course presented its usual challenge – it’s a fair but demanding test requiring shots with a variety of lies and shapes – uphill, downhill, sidehill – using most of the clubs in the bag from the silver tees. The greens held well and were true to putt, although a bit tricky to read. Even though the temperature didn’t get much above 60 ͦ, the conditions were comfortable enough for short sleeves. We had a delightful time.

We got a great rate using GolfNow. If you pay "normal" prices it is expensive, even for a mountain course but, it is worth playing. Pace of play seemed slow. The course was in excellent condition.

Take a camera, you want believe the elevation changes at the 8th and 9th holes! The whole course is in great shape and a treat to play. This course has some of the hardest greens to read I have ever played and I have played a lot of golf. Its a fun course just don't expect to set any course records but do enjoy the views!

This course is spectacular, but don't get distracted by the views. You'll have to concentrate on shaping shots both ways to find the best landing areas(although generous) from which to approach the greens. Also you get the fun of club selection on a 75' drop par three just before a 200' drop 500 yard par 4. Awesome.

Played on a busy Saturday great services and conditions this course has challenging slopes and hazards bUt is fair to the accurate player. Staff was amazing with customer service.

Excellent course for the money and the views are pretty spectacular.

Enjoy the rugged beauty and forget about your score

I love this course. Some of the best views you'll ever see on a Colorado golf course. Wildlife too. I saw a fox and a couple of deer along the way. However, I teed off in the afternoon and the pace of play was excruciatingly slow. I waited on every single shot and on a couple of occasions there were three groups on the same tee box. Clearly, a marshal was needed as two inexperienced twosomes ahead of us were allowed to play separately and they held up everyone. The wind picked up at the end of the round and some people dropped out allowing me to finish the 18 just as it was getting dark but I was disappointed that so many golfers were on the course at the same time and a marshal never helped usher folks along. Would love to play the course again but only if I was assured that the pace of play was going to be better.

The day started out by the staff loosing our clubs making us late for our tee time with no warm up, not even an apology. NO CLASS. Course layout was good and the views were typical mountain course. The fairways were not filled in and made for dirt lies in many places, the greens were very slow and bumpy, something you would expect from a low cost muni. course. We only played 9 holes due to a large thunderstorm, they did give us a nine hole rain check. For about the same price you could play Keystone or Breckenridge and have a much better experience. Or heck play the Denver metro courses for have the price and get the same conditions.