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Squamish: The Sea-to-Sky Adventure Getaway
Break a Sweat
Swim the Saltwater at Kitsilano Pool
Since 1931, this 137-metre saltwater pool at Kits Beach has been making Vancouver look embarrassingly good.
Break a Sweat
Since 1931, this 137-metre saltwater pool at Kits Beach has been making Vancouver look embarrassingly good.
Kits Pool opened in 1931 and has spent the decades since being quietly, objectively one of the best places to spend an afternoon in Vancouver. It's 137 metres of heated saltwater, which is nearly three times the length of an Olympic pool and definitively the longest of its kind in North America, which means even a casual float covers serious distance. You swim with the North Shore mountains ahead, the ocean on either side, and the downtown skyline showing off in the background, which makes every lazy backstroke feel mildly cinematic. The pool is seasonal, which means summer Vancouverites treat a lane here like a small personal victory. Go on a weekday if you want the contemplative version. Go on a weekend for the full beach energy. Either way, the English Bay view makes the whole thing feel like Vancouver at its most unreasonably good.
