Discounts for longer stays - please see below.
Welcome to Mountain Top Escape! This comfortable, family friendly, fully furnished single-level 3/2 home is located in a quiet location on the "sunny side" of the Village of Cloudcroft at 8,900 feet and offers a mountain lifestyle with all the conveniences of village living. It's an easy five minute walk into the village for shopping, restaurants, and entertainment or to the brewery. It offers easy parking in front with car port, lots of natural light, spacious rooms, hardwood floors throughout, new bathroom and kitchen floors, a beautiful view from the wall of windows in the living room, fenced back yard, covered patio, and outdoor deck and sitting area with tables, chairs, glider, umbrellas and gas grill to enjoy those beautiful and relaxing mountain times!
Upon entering the home, the living room offers an open concept with dining area (table and six chairs) and a fully equipped kitchen including dishwasher, microwave, coffee maker, toaster, washer and dryer. There are three spacious bedrooms - master with queen bed, bathroom with shower, and smart TV; second with queen bed and TV; and a third with a full size bed. Internet, whole house WiFi, and full cable TV line-up (including HBO and NFL Network). All bedrooms have closets. Smart TVs in living room and master bedroom, TV in one bedroom has built-in DVD player. The master bathroom has a shower, guest bathroom has a tub/shower combo. There are also two humidifiers for guests to use to help with the dry mountain air. Whole house water softener and new water heater installed June 2021 and new dishwasher installed October 2023 to help ensure a comfortable and pleasant stay.
We also offer discounts for longer stays: 1) Rent for 6 nights, get the 7th free, and 2) Rent for 28+ nights, get a 40% discount.
This is a great place to use as your base for hiking, sight seeing, golfing and skiing, tubing, and snow boarding in Cloudcroft or Ruidoso, or just relaxing and enjoying the cool, crisp, clean mountain air and beautiful skies and sunsets.
No pets, please, and please respect our neighbors - no parties. Quiet hours are 10 PM - 8 AM.
**** Cancellation Update ****: Due to the on-going pandemic situation, we realize that your travel plans may need to change unexpectedly. Although we have the most lenient cancellation policy Vrbo offers, if your reservation needs to be adjusted or cancelled unexpectedly, please contact us - we'll work with you on changes and refunds.
From the Cloudcroft Visitors' Guide:
Welcome to Cloudcroft, New Mexico! We are proud of our 110 year old, unique mountain community which combines the amenities of modern life with our heritage as a pioneer village. In the summer, it is a wonderful place to get away from the heat and enjoy the delightful pleasures of the mountains and surrounding areas. In the winter, you can explore the vast wonderland of cross-country skiing, snow mobiling, and ice skating. The Village also features the historic Lodge, which includes a hotel, restaurant, bar, beautiful 9 hole golf course, and spa. At any time of the year, Cloudcroft is truly “The Most Enchanting Part of the Land of Enchantment!”
Why not make Cloudcroft your “Vacation Base?” Cloudcroft is….
- 16 miles from Alamogordo with grocery, home improvement, and department stores, the New Mexico Space History Museum, Alameda Park Zoo, and Toy Train Depot
- 40 miles from casino wagering and golf at the Inn of the Mountain Gods in Ruidoso.
- 45 miles from Ruidoso and 50 miles from Ruidoso Downs.
- 40 miles from White Sands National Park.
- Within 50 miles of 8 golf courses.
- 60 miles to Ski Apache outside Ruidoso
- 90 miles from El Paso and the Mexican border
- 150 miles from Carlsbad Caverns.
More information about Cloudcroft and the surrounding area can be found at cloudcroft.com . The village also offers various web cams at cloudcroftwebcam.com . A good source for information about trails, local and nation-wide, is www.alltrails.com .
COVID-19 Precautions: The state of New Mexico publishes Covid-19 updates at
https://www.newmexico.org/covid-19-traveler-information/ . The house is thoroughly cleaned after each rental and there is a 1-day gap between rentals.