Shane Homes YMCA at Rocky Ridge

Best recreational facility I’ve visited. The architecture is so beautiful here, and they really have maximized the space with a lot of amenities like the pool, fitness centre, gymnasium, skating rink etc. The change rooms were super clean, and there was a lot of space to get changed with wide lockers to store valuables. Loved the waterslide, and wave pool. Also a nice deep hot tub which is a good size. The only things I would suggest is spending more time cleaning the outside. All the garbage cans in the parking lot were full. Also maybe improving the elevator because it is pretty beat up. Other than that great facility. Will come back.

The facility is not bad. I watched my kids mostly in the pool and can speak to the pool side of things. During my son’s swim class, a girl was fooling around in the pool with a jog belt and its metal ring hit my son’s head, giving him a lot of pain and a big bump on his head. Upon my wife’s request, a so-called safety coordinator sent me an incident report and called me. I told him that other than saying my son got injured, there was no useful information. That kid “coordinator” had no clue about where, when, who, what, and how the incident occurred. My daughter had a good instructor for one class and then had another girl who cared nothing, taught nothing, but only entertained her supervisor in the middle of her class and ignored her students.

Shane homes is a decent facility. There's plenty of equipment considering the amount of tráffic that flows through.

The drop in registration needs an overhaul unfortunately. It's my first time seeing drop ins limited by registrations and whoever can click the fastest. I hope the YMCA realizes this is a big disadvantage for those who are technically challenged.

Nice facility, bad patrons.

The gym is full of great equipment, is usually quite clean, and the pool / sauna is a bonus for me. Unfortunately, it is also home to the some of the worst behaviours I’ve seen in a gym. Seems to be a 30/70 split of people who are here to workout, and people who are just here to socialize (which is fine but don’t it sitting on equipment, on the stairs, etc.), use the gym as personal daycare, are doing things blatantly wrong and don’t care to use equipment right, don’t wipe equipment, etc..

I’ve been coming here for a few years and the only saving grace I’ve found is to get here as early as possible, anytime after 9 and it becomes sometimes too busy to find any piece of equipment, and the bad behaviours come out.

This facilities hockey area is one of the most poorly designed hockey arenas in Calgary. I would not recommend it. The bleachers and benches are poorly designed. To start to... The scoreboard is behind the coaches ... There's a lot of obstructions and a lot of wasted space. And it's freezing. There is minimal or zero heat if you're a spectator. .... UPDATE.. NOW THE WATER FOUNTAIN DOESN'T WORK