Red Feather Lakes sits in the Roosevelt National Forest at around 8,200 feet elevation, roughly an hour northwest of Fort Collins in the rugged foothills country of northern Colorado. Up here the ponderosa pines grow dense, the air is thin, and the afternoon thunderstorm is a near-daily ritual in summer — conditions that shape every round you play before you even reach the first tee.
Fox Acres is a private club serving a community built around the lakes themselves, and that retreat character runs through the whole experience. At altitude, every club goes longer than you expect, but the tight, forested corridors and the demands of mountain terrain keep the scorecard honest. This is golf that rewards course management over raw power — errant shots disappear into timber, and the uneven lies that come with genuine mountain topography demand a full repertoire.
For Front Range golfers looking to escape the summer heat, Fox Acres represents a particular kind of Colorado golf: unhurried, scenically serious, and distinctly remote in the best possible way.
