Yost Pool Open to Swimmers

Today marked the opening of Yost Pool, Edmonds’ own outdoor swimming pool.

Situated at 9535 Bowdoin Way, Edmonds, the pool is the only swimming pool the city operates. It’s open Mon-Fri 6AM-6:30PM and Sat through Sun 9:30AM – 3:20PM.

This swimming season, Yost Pool will roll out new programs, including Aqua Zumba, Pool Play for ages 6 and under, Pirate Camp, Swim Party, and Family Swim. The pool charges Edmonds residents and non-residents different prices for its various programs.

Swim Party is a new service for groups of up to 15 people. The package includes a room rental and a public swim. Pool Party, on the other hand, is for large groups of up to 100, and features the exclusive use of the pool.

Todd Cort, Recreation Coordinator for Edmonds Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services, said that there are few differences between lap and public swims at Yost. Lap swims are set up in either yards or meters for patrons to simply swim back and forth. During public swims, the entire pool is opened up, along with diving boards and toys to play with.

Cort went on to explain that for lap swims, the letter “y” in the schedule table denotes that the lap lanes are set up 25 yards. “M means lap lanes are laid out in 25 meters, something we need to add next year,” he added.

Having been in operation for the past 39 years, Yost Pool got its name from the Yost family, who donated the property to the city. In 2009, a community effort raised about $50,000 to help offset the costs of running the pool so it wasn’t shut down.  Over the past years, the city council has financially supported the pool to help keep it running. 

According to Cort, the proceeds generated will go towards the maintenance and operation of the pool. “We hope to be revenue neutral or come out ahead.  We also want to be able to offer our community a great facility to swim,” he said.

Yost Pool operates pre, regular, and post seasons. Pre season is set up during school session, making public swims only available on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Regular means the pool will operate under its full schedule and occurs during the summer months. Post season usually winds down before the start of the next school year.

Visit www.ci.edmonds.wa.us/yost_aquatics.stm for the pool full schedule, pricing and programs or call (425) 775-2645 for daily schedule and (425) 771-1346 for additional information/registration.