Itll be great after Covid.

As we travel across the US, we stopped by the Cortez Recreation Center... WoW it is so nice. We enjoyed the lifestyle gym equipment and even played basketball... The locker rooms are very clean and accommodating. Thanks to the staff and community for creating a beautiful asset.

Great place , clean and well maintained

For being under so many restrictions i was still able to get a good work out in.

Very kind people work here

Kids love this place it has a number of things for the children and adults thanks rec. Emmployes

This place is amazing friendly staff and knowledgeable. $3.00 to get in, if you have a national park pass its free. Lots of hands on you can touch real artifacts. Dont pass it up and Dolores river brewery two miles down the road wont disappoint. They open at 4:00pm.

Had to take a shower and was told to come here and the showers were so clean it was unbelievableGreat water pressure. Great place!!!!

Its the best...cant remember not being a member..Its a clean, well maintained, popular facility...also, the equipment is always maintained with a plethora of classes from yoga, Zumba, spinning, swimming and beyond.. also disability accessible.The employees and instructors are friendly, and informative...an inside running/walking track and child care is a plus...Go in for a visit...check it out for yourself...

I love this place. I can get a great workout, comfortably, then go for a swim to cool off. Its wonderful here!

Great place to come for some family fun.

Love the place, but last time the pool warmers were off last time. We had to leave early. But great place to workout and play ball :)

It was nice to have all the space for my grandmas birthday.

Great place to stay active and in shape at. A little expensive if you are down on money though.

Love to take the kids there to swim play basket ball and climb the wall over all its a good enviroment.

We went all summer its awesome

Kids love it there so much to do there and gray staff

Negative vibes! I wasnt sure how exactly the classes worked here so when I checked in at the desk I paid the day fee then went looking for the body pump class. I went the wrong way including upstairs looking for it. I entered the class 6 minutes late. I was then immediately questioned about whether I had checked in at the front desk bc I didnt have a wrist band. I explained that I had and had paid the fee. I guess you need to tell the desk you want to do a class and get a wrist band to enter (which I didnt know). Anyway the instructor went on to say I must not have checked in bc they wouldnt have let me into the class since I was late. She then apologized to the whole class for my interruption. I have no problem with a strict late to class not admitted policy if its posted. However to call out someone in front of a whole class for not checking in properly seemed excessive. Thankfully Im not fragile in my fitness journey, imagine someone just trying a gym for the first time in years and having that experience! Sometimes people just have who knows what go in with their morning and end up being 6 minutes late, they still made it, they are there wanting to improve themselves and to deny that or turn that into a negative thing or to publicly call that out for whatever reason seems like the opposite of fitness inspiration to me. Otherwise the facility seemed nice and the front desk attendant was very nice. Ill definitely not be returning until they find some positive instructors.

Great rec center for a small town.

Great place to workout and get a nice swim in.

Lots of fun really clean good place to go burn energy and have fun

Its a great place you get a all day pass for4.50

Outstanding Recreation Fitness Center. If youre just passing through as a tourist (Mesa Verde, Canyons of the Ancients), give this center a visit for fitness classes. The trainers are outstanding and the price per class is very fair. They start very early and run classes throughout the day. A great way to start the day before doing other sightseeing stuff like visiting the National Parks, hiking, mountain biking.

Great place to workout

We did not enter the facility as it was closed. The outside was beautiful. There was a very impressive community garden for people to use which was protected by a locked enclosure. It appeared to serve the community well and was a beautiful addition to an outstanding a very nice park.

Its good and all just its a little too expensive

Best Rec Center Ive ever been in!

Fun place to hang out

Great place to spend time with the family. The staff is very helpful. Price is affordable. We have used the swimming pool, rock wall, billiards tables, and racquetball courts among all the activities they offer.

My kids loved the pool and the lazy River.

The facility is very clean and affordable. My kids and I had a great time inthe pool area!

I love working out here! It is always clean, not very busy and very friendly staff. The only things I would like to be different is the size of the exercise room, there is not much space to do free lifting and other exercises, and a HOT TUB! If they had a hot tub I would come every day rather than just 5 days a week!

Fabulous showers and locker room

Wonderful staff and facility. Great impromptu Pickleball. Thanks

Great place to de-stress with a work out, lazy river, or enjoying the pool. Top notch facilities, especially for the price and a small town. Highly recommend.

This is an amazing gem for Cortez. You wouldnt expect to find such an up to date facility with most of the amenities in a little place like this. If youre looking for bodybuilding or anything beyond family fun, community building, and staying healthy then this isnt the place for you!

Previous entry:The citizens tax dollars paid to build and still maintain this facility, but the usage fees are still insanely High...12/22/2018:We attended an event that we hosted at the rec center today. The environment as always was Pleasant.I do agree with my above commentary about the rec center. The costs associated with having any sort of regular usage or membership for a taxpayer created venue, are still excessive in my opinion.I would like to say, as a part of my repeated refrain, that I will never understand the entitlement employees seem to take any more with customers. Dont quote me on this, but I believe the manager was called over to allow me into the room that I had rented. I had previously paid all fees and deposits. The woman, possibly a Linda, was very nice - if she were my boss. There was a bit of miscommunication from when I had paid for the rental of the room to the moment that I was allowed access; I believed that the deposit I had put down on the room covered the cleaning costs and she was alerting me to the fact that it didnt cover the cleaning costs; that I was expected to do the cleaning, and then I would receive back my deposit. Had she done so as employee to customer, with a modicum of customer service, there would have been no problem. Unfortunately, as I come across in both corporations and Mom and Pop, even as in this case with state employees that deal with the public, customer service is a concept of the past. Employees and especially employers or bosses, now seem to think that they are doing the customer a favor by providing a service, rather than it to be as it should be considered, the customer providing them with a paycheck through providing cash for those services.When we enter an establishment or a business, there are certain rules or etiquettes that we as customers need to follow, and as long as those are followed, then we should be acceded to as the customer in all regards, and treated with that level of respect. I find that rarely happens these days. For me, that just means I give fewer and fewer businesses my money.One final thought on the rec center and renting rooms there. I prefer cash rather than credit whenever possible, and so paid for this room with cash. When I paid, as stated above, I didnt believe I would be getting any money back. However, upon finding out that I would be receiving my deposit back if the premises were left as they were received, I was incorrectly assuming that I would be handed the cash when handing over clean premises. However that was an assumption I should not have made... Apparently, when one pays with cash, though I had already had my room signed off on being appropriately clean, I now must wait for City Hall to sign off on the return of my money??? Not too impressive to say the least!I do want to say that the immediate service of the customer service behind the desk and on the ground, rather than management, was excellent as always.

Lots of fun for you or your family

Small town rec center with all the goodies! Great place!

Back at the gym, it feels good

Good times for the whole family! Yet, the unattended children borderline hit the elderly that share the pool with them. The lifeguards should do their job.l and change their attitude to the people that regularly come here. Also not enough equipment for the demand. These are the reasons why I went to another gym in town.

Clean but the water wasnt very warm in the pool also we could feel dirt in the corners river area

People are nice.

Hard to get around with service dog though clean and filled with activities not much free time for non instructed availability

Kiddos enjoyed being here again.

Not a lot of seating in the gym if youre watching basketball games

Very nice place good staff

Great place to take children, great place to swim.

This is one more reason to love Cortez Colorado. The rec center is right on the park and the indoor pool is clean and doesnt smell of chlorine. Gym is ok too and you can watch your kids as you workout.

I love the Cortez Rec Center. Spin and Body Pump instructors help drive me to get and keep fit!

Lots to do here

They have something for everyone here! I can drop my 10 & 13 or olds off with peace of mind knowing theyll have fun with friends --- while I run errands..!

Great location with a lot of fun things and classes to participate in. The staff is warm, welcoming, and inviting always willing to help. Would be a 5 star rating of they had a sauna and hot tub otherwise it has everything you would expect from a rec center including community involvement!

Clean! And they have a pool, fun all year for the kiddos

Fun for kids and lap swim. They have a slide and a lazy river. A little cold though make sure to bring towels for small children since its pretty cold water.

It Is The Best Place To Be When You Want To1.Go Fishing In The Lake Near It,2.Go Swimming.3.Go Rock Climbing.& 4. Go To The Gym.IT IS AWESOME!

Amazing place for families! Were on vacation, and this provided the perfect spot for all our kids. For a small fee ($3-5/person), you get rock climbing, racquetball, swimming and a gym. Totally worth it!!

Great facility. A city as small as Cortez usually doesnt have a Rec Center this big or nice. You would expect a Rec Center like this in a large city like Colorado Springs.Lets talk about the pools. There is a half-olympic length lap pool with about 10 lanes. This larger pool is about 150,000 gallons. The pool uses gravity feed bottom drains so there is no chance of getting sucked against it and trapped. The pool also drains along a covered top gutter along the whole pool. The temperature of this larger pool stays at around 81 degrees.The smaller pool is a kids pool with a climbable water fort, a lazy river, and a 30 ft high looping slide. This pool is about 90,000 gallons and stays at a temperature between 84-86 degrees. Both pools are indoor and are staffed by lifeguards.There are 3 locker rooms; mens, womens, and family. The mens and womens locker rooms are open change with privacy stalls for being the restrooms. The mens and womens locker rooms each have about 5 individual shower stalls with privacy curtains. The family locker room has lockers and 4 separate bathroom/shower rooms with a locking door on each. This is meant for families with small children to get changed together. If you are not comfortable changing in the mens or womens locker rooms, you can change here or use a bathroom stall inside the shared locked rooms.Lets talk about the fitness room. On the second floor there is a weight/fitness area. There are stairs or an elevator to reach this floor. There is a variety of equipment; treadmills, ellipticals, stair climber, a rowing machine. There are several TVs setup to watch while using one of these cardio machines. There is also an adjacent section for weight lifting. Most weight lifting equipment is a specific machine for one area of the body. For example a bench press machine, a bicep curl machine, a tricep extension machine, butterfly machine, shoulder press machine, abdominal crunch machine, etc. The only free weights are the dumbbells that go up to 100lbs (I think). There is also a bench with foot holds to do sit ups (and inverse sit ups) off the ground. On this floor there is also a cushioned walking track that goes around the top perimeter of the full sized gymnasium below. The track is a great feature to cool down after an intense workout, and also you can watch some of the city league events going on in the gym while you have a nice stroll above. 16 laps on the walking/jogging track is 1 mile.This facility also has a few rooms dedicated to fitness classes offered by a variety of instructors. Such as; Zumba, Tai Chi, Yoga, etc.There is also a Rockwall that is about 35 feet high that requires a harness and supervision, but for bouldering, a person can stay below 10 feet and move horizontally without a harness. The floor is spongey so fall injury is minimized. There are even eyelets in the Rockwall for free climbers that want to climb and belay each other.There are two regulation sized racquetball courts with a yearly tournament. Unfortunately spectator seating is limited.Overall this is a great facility with tons to do. A cool feature of the fitness room is you can overlook almost all parts of the lower floor. There is a full glass wall that lets you overlook the entire pool (in case you want to work out while the kids swim), you can see the Rockwall, and of course the gym. Brilliant design if you ask me.

Good variety hours, staff act like youre not there/ignored several people while I was waiting. Gym and offerings GREAT, tons of parking and clean. Customer service = 0.

Very nice n clean. Also spacious.

I swim here 3 days a week in the morning. It is a great place to get some exercise. During the winter it is also a great place to take the kids.

Great place for the kids, especially in the winter. Gym could use a Smith machine and a bit more, but gets the job done. Pool is amazing!

Since my family and I discovered this place, we go at least once a week now to unwind!

Great place to get some exercise!

Great facility! Staff are wonderful! Weight room, walking track, exercise room, pool, climbing wall, racquetball courts, gymnasium.

Basketball court is very smooth perfect for roller skating. (Practicing for derby)

The pool is frigid and the locker rooms are even colder. We spent more time standing in the hot showers than we were in the pool. Its also surrounded by homeless people from the area trying to get warm and clean. Not a plesant experience.

Friendly staff, a variety of workout equipment for a low price.

This is an outstanding recreational center, the numerous public facilities help aid the people of this city to stay fit and lead healthy lifestyle. They offer pools for exercise as well as youth recreation, offer childcare services, a rock climbing wall, racquetball, full size gymnasium, and gym with every workout machine imaginable.

Great workout! Clean new facility!

I really love this place!

There are very few people who are nice, others seemed not too like there jobs

Very affordable and convenient

Fun place to exercise. Swimming, rock climbing, gym and track, basketball court, racket ball rooms, plus activities they offer.

Swimming, climbing wall, exercise room, racketball, nice people.Thank

The Cortez Rec Center may just be the nicest thing about the city of Cortez. It is state of the art in every possible way and I am so thrilled to have access to such a wonderful facility to swim, to workout and to take classes.

Great facility. Nice staff.

Very nice facility for a small town.

Weight machines need new upholstery, etc. Otherwise good facility...

Has fun activities.

Good place to go

Love to swim here

Love to exercise here, very clean and quite.

Modern equipment. Lap lanes, kids pool, Rick climbing wall, something for everyone

Always friendly staff! Dean, Joy and Rosa are absolutely amazing!

I LOVE the racket ball courts

Wonderful recreation center, especially for this town. The pool is always fun and they have a nice rock climbing wall and gym.

The kids LOVE this place. Pool and Rockwall says it all!

The place is nice people are helpful and friendly and it is real clean

Great place to get a shower when camping or traveling.

Usually pretty clean, nice pool for our small town

Swimming pool.

Great facility and very clean.

Good place to work out at

All good..

Awesome! Very clean and lots of fun

Nice place to take the kids. The staff is a mixed bag of friendlies and grumpies

Great racquetball rooms!

Excellent like a very modern updated YMCA but is of the city of Cortez

Great place for the family, lots to do..