First time here for nephew's birthday party and it was fantastic. My kids could not get enough…read more The front staff to the staff assisting in the climbing area were extremely friendly and helpful. Lots of walls for kids to climb on and for kids to conquer their fears! Lots of room for parents to sit and bathrooms had lots of room with lockers too. Overall impress with the walls and service! Will be a repeat customer for sure. 5 stars!

To all the families out there this is an awesome place for a birthday party!!The staff is so…read moreefficient even with a party of 15 kids no one waited in a long line, everyone is kind and patient and the front desk is one of the best receptions I've received!!GO CLIMB

This place is awesome! So many gears you can rent for summer and winter sports and prices are great…read moretoo!

An inexpensive place to grab sports rental equipment of all sorts, and they have a range of…read moreequipment calibre available. Stock depth is moderate, so it helps to reserve ahead of time, especially for specialized or high demand equipment such as touring skis or rafts respectively. A good tip is that if you rent equipment over a long weekend, you often get a day for free, since they are not open for returns on the stat holiday. This is more than just a rental shop...the facility also has a well-used climbing wall. Another aspect to this place is the wide assortment of courses on offer, from beginner climbing, to snowshoe intro, to paragliding, to organized sea kayaking trips on the West Coast. Pick up a program guide or check out the Web site for the seasonal offerings.

This place is amazing. After trying many other types of traditional gyms, I finally found this one…read more I have been training here fro about 3 months now going 4-5 times a week. Each class is different, no matter which instructor that go and see. After just 3 months of training I ran the spartan race for the second time. And this year I was able to beat my previous time by 50 whole minutes. This place has completely changed my outlook on working out. Where it used be a task to go to the gym, now I find I am excited to go to it. And days that I don't go I feel I would rather be there. I would suggest this place to anyone that is looking for a change in their workout routine. Or are just starting out and looking for a great place to get a good workout.

There is a serious need for places like this for OCR racers to train year round. When I heard about…read moreit I was excited for my next trip south to check it out! When registering I went to their website and tried to sign in but it wasn't working. So I called and left a message about it. I got a call back the next day from Sandra saying I could register over the phone. They were in the middle of changing their booking service over to the Mindbody system at the time. Registering with the app is super easy now. I find it a little pricey at $30 for drop in tho. The place is in the middle of an industrial area but it was well marked and I was able to find it in the dark just fine. When arriving I was greeted right away by Jesse who was teaching the class. They have a seating area to chill and chat. The change room area was a little rough around the edges. It's a unisex area with box cubbies for your things, no lockers. the change rooms are individual rooms and two unisex washrooms with showers. Just bring your own towel and soaps. The gym itself is an adult playground. It's hard to find something they haven't thought of. All of your universal obstacles are built that you'll find in most races. There's a turf area as well and a few rowing machines. For the class we did a quick warm up on the rowing machines and then of course, burpees. After that there was what Jesse called "12 days of Christmas" workout written on the board. 12 different exercises to get through while working your way back through the ones you already did each round. It was great in that it used the whole space so in between you were running and it gave you many attempts at each one to practice and get better. We had a 40 min cap to get through all 12 before cool down. Anything we had questions about he went over and would show techniques otherwise he just let us go at our own pace while offering lots of high fives and encouragement. The course included: 1.rope climb 2. crawls 3. tire flip 4. 4ft wall 5. burpees x5 6. 6 ft wall 7. push ups x7 8. 8 ft wall 9. box jumps x9 10. KB squats x10 11. turf sprint 12. monkey bars It was so much fun and inspired friendly competition with those in the class like a race. Though everyone was so welcoming and encouraging. We offered each other tips and encouragement. It was a great atmosphere. After time was up we did our own cool down. I was able to catch some time to play on a few of the other obstacles and try for the first time while not in an actual race. The others said they class is never the same and changes up so you never get bored and can train to be well rounded in all obstacles. Hopefully they successfully expand and get one of these gyms in Edmonton. I would sign up for a membership right away. If you want to get into OCR or are just one of those people who get bored with conventional workouts this place is literally an adult playground. And for those who race regularly its a great indoor facility to keep your bruises year round!

This neighborhood gem is a no nonsense, no frills, honest fitness facility. I come here 2-3 times a…read moreweek to do my best Michael Phelps impression. The staff are friendly and the constant presence of lifeguards make me feel safe. The pool is clean although I've seen the occasional bandaid at the bottom. There's a constant flow of swimmers who take advantage of the lane swim times. There's a dive tank and a hot tub too. The gym is small but has what you need for a productive workout. I like building up a sweat and cooling down in the pool after. The change rooms could be cleaner but that's understandable because it's so busy. Just don't look at the floor. The lockers require quarters but some lockers are free for you to use your own lock. The rates are SO CHEAP compared to Vivo and YMCA. I bought a 30x pass that never expires for $170. That comes to just under $6/entry compared to $14 drop in at the aforementioned facilities. Drop in rates and 10x passes are also City of Calgary's website along with their pool schedules. If you're not close to Thornhill, other City of Calgary facilities are dotted around the city that offer the same rates.

This isn't my usual pool to go swim laps at but when Renfrew is closed, my two alternates are Bob…read moreBahan and here. I've been here in the daytime and also the evening and the attendance is quite varied. Some days it is very busy and others it's very quiet. The facility is a little bit older and not as well maintained as the other city pools. The centre does have a good sized weight room. The big disappointment is the change room facilities. They have a dark dingy feel to them. Water pools around the built in tiles benches, making you want to avoid the puddles. Now they do make the effort to clean them at the end of the night, but they could wait until the patrons have left so that they don't have to walk barefoot over cleaning solution on the floor.

Checked out YYC Pickleball for open play. There's 7 indoor courts. Courts are $28.00/33.00 per hour…read more(non-prime/prime). Like how you can view court availability by day/week/month on the website. Paddle rentals are $5.00 or $8.00 for higher end. Best bang for your buck is the open play drop-in punch card ($50.00 for 5, $160.00 for 22), otherwise it's $15.00/person. Night hawk open play (5 courts) started as a free for all but eventually, one worker took charge and organized people by their level. Power nooner intermediate open play (2 courts) was better. Facilities are decent (water refill station, couch sitting areas) but no real change room. Sound's loud and echoey, difficult to hear score calling. Downside is court layout; have to walk behind people's courts to get to the middle/far ones.

ORA has mobile laser tag that works outside! It is great fun in a forest or a field.read more

This place is Huge and lots of fun for all. It's nice, clean, and tires out the little ones. You…read morewill thank yourself later when they go to bed that night - exusted. We have been once to check it out. Its $20 an hour per person but that hour can be plenty for a first time patron. My child loved it so much he begged to have his birthday party there. Booking the party was a breeze. Packages to pick from and dates and times that were available. They even called 2 days before the event to confirm times, amount of kids and all the food we ordered. Which was great. We chose a Saturday afternoon and this place was very busy. The great thing about this place is you can fill out the waiver and set-up an account online before arriving. So you're not standing in line trying to do this. A real breeze and time saver. You can also do this if you're just going in, not just for a birthday party. The kids had a blast. They had an hour to go ahead and jump around, 30 minutes to come back to our table and have food and cake, than another hour to jump and play. A party is 2.5 hours and that was more than plenty. The kids were pooped, sweaty and had so much fun. The great thing is, we also had a host who took care of everything (timing things, when the food was ready, keeping the kids on track, decorations, plates etc). The only thing we needed to take care of was bringing a birthday cake and goodie bags for the kids. They took care of everything else and was a stress-free birthday party. Which doesn't happen too often. I think all parents should take their kids here at least once. Plenty to do for all ages and what's not to love about a trampoline park? Highly recommended.

I will first say I love bringing my kids here. But this experience has been horrible. My 6yr old…read morehas been trampled, stepped on and really hurt by older kids. And when it was brought to the attention of the employees they just brushed it off going I'll talk to them. 1st incident 2 girls much older then my daughter were picking on her then purposely stepped on her head several times. And when it was brought to the attention they just shrugged and walked away. Then going through the obstacle course another bigger kid barrled over her without a second though. Running full tilt... I under accidents happen in a busy area but if there is bullying and kids being mean they should be held accountable. I'm very very disappointed

Epically priced gym. Not many people know about this, but a workout for $6 can't be beat. Check it…read moreout if you don't want to join a gym and pay 12 months membership.

This place is a little hard to spot and looks kinda weird and shady from the outside but it's an…read moreawesome City of Calgary fitness centre & pool conveniently located in downtown! It's a tier 1 facility which means drop in fees/memberships are cheaper than the tier 2 facilities and you can also use your tier 2 membership/passes here if you have one. They have a smaller 18.25m 4 lane pool that's in a half-basement with a nice sauna. The shorter pool might not be best for hardcore training but you do get to say you've done way more laps than you normally would and it is also amazingly deserted for a City of Calgary pool. I hate swimming in crowded lanes and it's usually very empty here. They also have drop in classes and programs of all varieties for children and adults alike. There is a respectable fitness centre with some free weighs as well as machines and regular cardio machines. The outdoor rock climbing wall is also now open! You can climb as long as you've done a belay lesson and signed a waiver and there are auto-belays for you to climb unsupervised. Definitely recommend checking this place out; I think it's way better value than most gyms and I love the variety of activities available! The staff are also super friendly and helpful!

If you want to get fit and stay fit this is the place for you. The personal trainers and fitness…read moreinstructors are the best I've seen anywhere. All are knowledgeable and up to date on the latest fitness trends. Combined with a fun and supportive atmosphere it makes for a very positive experience.

The entire experience, from front desk staff to Lindsey's personal training has been simply…read moreamazing. I feel stronger and more confident and am looking forward to many more training sessions.