Sally Borden Fitness & Rec Centre at The Banff Centre

Although this is an indoor pool, it's in a room that's about half glass (including the angled ceiling) and on a sunny day in July with no snow on the glass, the room and pool were both gorgeously sunlit. Normally there are no lifeguards; it's swim at your own risk, which I don't love. There were plenty of people there (on Canada Day at 4 PM), so I felt a bit safer. There were only two lap lanes, but both were quite wide (easy to share) and during my hour they never got very crowded (three people at most, with considerate circle swimming). The lane lines are quite hard to see, as they are nearly the same color as the pool bottom.

The men's locker room was very new, nice, and clean. You can use your own lock, or they'll supply one in exchange for holding onto your driver's license or other ID card. They supply a towel! The showers are nice and private.

I swam every morning during lap hours. The lap lanes are super-subtle, marked by tiles that are almost the same color. It was not too crowded during the morning lap swim times. The water temperature is perfect and there are plenty of kickboards, pull buoys, etc. It was great.

I didn’t use a lock and my stuff was fine - but I was a hotel guest, so I had only my keycard to worry about.

The visit was worth it for the panoramic views of Sulphur Mountain.

Its a really nice venue, pristine clean, good showers, supervised lap swimming. I went at 5 PM on a Thursday and had the place to myself!

I swam here on a Sunday morning around 7 and a Tuesday morning around 7:30, both times there were a fair number of people despite the relatively early hour. The swimmers shared lanes without an issue. It's a little hard to find the pool up in the Banff Centre, but it's there.

Free parking. The admission price is a better deal during public times, but only two lanes reserved for lap swimming then. There are MUCH fewer people at other times, with additional lanes, but at more than twice the price. Adjacent hot tub. Clean facility. Extra clean pool. Downside: lifeguard did NOT watch lap lanes, allowing kids to cross over, etc. I made it during public times, with a few collisions along the way. Maybe the extra price was worth it during "non-member hours", just for the serenity of swimming without collisions.