When its tournament time you can't get near the place nor do you want to. The traffic and parking is nuts. But for those weeks or days they have nothing going on the pond is a great place to go. Just go to there website and check out the tournaments and plan around that.
http://www.sprucemeadows.com/tournaments/ Aug might be a good month to go.
Another great pond is Mitford pond in Cochrane. Come on out for some McKays then hit the pond for a bit.