Ella Redkey Pool: Open Year-Round in Downtown Klamath Falls
For more information, visit our website at ellaredkeypool.com and come hang out with us!
In the Winter-time, the Ella Redkey Pool remains open, allowing swimmers to work out and enjoy the water while it is raining, or even snowing outside! The Ella Redkey Pool is a one-of-a-kind gem.
Join us for a swim this winter!
Klamath Falls has a local year-round outdoor pool available to all, whether local or just traveling through. The Ella Redkey Pool, operated by the City of Klamath Falls, is a geothermally heated pool allowing the water to stay a toasty 86 degrees, even on chill winter mornings. Many patrons throughout the year rave about the joys of seeing the sun rise in the East while swimming and the beautiful views of the sun setting in the West, lighting up the water in an orange glow. In 2021, The Ella Redkey Pool was voted #1 Fitness Center for The Best of The Basin!
The Ella Redkey Pool is 25 yards with 11 lap lanes available for various activities. Along with lap swimming, the Pool also features water aerobics classes in the deep and shallow ends, swimming time for families, advanced lap swimming for users who enjoy extra instruction, and much more!
One of our annual events is our Santa Freeze swim, sponsored by the Friends of Ella Redkey Pool. Each December during the Snowflake Festival season, the Ella Redkey Pool hosts a Santa Freeze swim. Participants get to come and see Santa, swim, and enjoy light refreshments for a low cost! Entrance requirement is either a toy for the Toys for Tots program, or a non-perishable food item that will later be taken to the local food drive. Santa Freeze is set for Saturday, December 10, 2022 from 1pm – 3pm.
Ella Redkey Pool hosts 4 teams in the winter months, 1 club team, Klamath Basin Aquatics. 3 High School Teams, Klamath Union Swim Team, Henley Swim Team and Mazama Swim Team. In December, Klamath Union has their annual KU Relay Home Meet. In January, Henley Swim Team has their annual Henley Freeze meet. Local and surrounding cities come to Klamath Falls to attend multiple Annual winter meets here in the Basin.
The Everyone Swims program is brought through the partnership of Sky Lakes Medical Center and the City of Klamath Falls. Participants receive individualized instruction, develop skills, build confidence, and learn life-saving skills, all while having fun with their peers in the water.
Looking for an enriching and fulfilling job opportunity?
We have multiple jobs available at the Ella Redkey Pool! With our facility open year-round, staff get to enjoy all four seasons in the outdoors.
Water Aerobics Instructor
Lifeguard/ Swim Lesson instructor
Pool Supervisor position
All position postings and information is available through the City of Klamath Falls website, under the Human Resources Department page.
Volunteer opportunities will be coming available soon with our Everyone Swims Program in Spring of 2023. During the months of April and May, over 850 third graders throughout Klamath County will receive FREE, LIFE-SAVING, swim lessons through the Everyone Swims program at Ella Redkey Pool.
