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    4.6 (26 reviews)

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    Tubbing
    Kenyon E.

    We were in Cloudcroft for Thanksgiving. Did not expect the resort to be open so it was a surprise when they said they will be opening the tubbing part. Our cabin was down the street so this sounded like a fun outing. It was about $50 for the 2 of us to tube and the place was very bare bones. I wish they had a small stand for hot coco or snacks. Restaurants where also had to get too. The actual slip was fun. We went on a moving walkway to the top and chose the slop we wanted. The staff was friendly and chatted awhile with us. Even though it was fun I think we checked this off our bucket list and won't be doing it again.

    Tim G.

    Ski Cloudcroft is awesome because they are not overly crowded like other major resorts nearby. We were only a 10 minute drive away from the place and rolling in a little before 10am for ski school worked out. They were more than happy to take us. They got everyone fitted with their rental boots and skis before starting the class and for $72 it was really worth it compared to what it would cost in California. Emily was our ski instructor and she did a fantastic job getting everyone trained on the basics. I'm a first time skier and by the end of the 2 hours I was able to get down the mountain without eating snow. Gabe was also great and was at the top helping skiers that were stuck. There were about 20 people in the class. Unfortunately there wasn't enough snowfall at the top of the mountains so the chair lifts were not operating at the time for the more advanced folks. I'll return again when there's enough snow as the service here is top notch.

    Andrea B.

    Make a trip for some fun summer tubing before or after cherry picking at Cadwallader Mountain Farm this month! You can have a bite at the diner or take out some food too. There are tubes for the little ones and an adult can ride in tandem with child. There's even an escalator up to the top!

    Not family friendly. Not kids friendly. Definitely not beginner friendly. Not suitable for strollers and little ones either. The lift is outdated and dangerous too. I met the kindest owner but ironically the rudest and heartless staff too. * You can't walk and assist your kids in the bunny hill (beginner's area) -- Everyone (except the employees) must be on skis or snowboards. The only place allowed is the 2-car garage sized area next to the building. So I asked Mike (owner?) if we can assist our 5 year old on the edge of the bunny hill and maybe play snow there. Mike said okay. To be respectful, I talked to the bunny hill keeper about this. He said, "No, this is nonnegotiable! Everyone must be on skis or snowboards. Or this area (the 2-car garage sized area.) ... Why do you think you're special? Every beginner is skiing here (this small area). ... No! No matter what Mike said. This is nonnegotiable!" * You must keep your little ones away from the bunny hill. If you missed for any reason, you may be threatened to kick your whole family out of the resort. Yes, that's what the bunny hill keeper said. "If you don't keep your daughter from walking here, your whole family will not be allowed to stay here. You can call me a prick. ... That's my final warning! No more talks!" Our 5 year old didn't listen to her mom to stay uphill and walked into the bunny hill, looking for dad. I said to the keeper, sorry I know it's dangerous; I explained and tried calming down the keeper. "No, this is the final warning!" he said. I saw parents watching their kids skiing down the hill without help, falling, again and again. I hate to say this, but this is not humane! If you are a parent, you know what I mean. Some parents, like us, followed the rule, sharing the little 2-car garage sized area, practicing, with other resting people and sad parents... So most families left early. The thing is that we visited ski resorts in Denver before. Parents walking next to their kids to assist was never a thought to us. This totally blew my mind! Good job! * Your kids can't play snow anywhere, even no one will reach there. The hill keeper walked by and saw my kids playing snow on the other end of the building, showing the same poker face, about to say NO... I quickly responded and immediately took my kids away, afraid to be threatened again to be kicked out. * The lift is too hard to catch, even for an adult. Just like the other reviewers said. People fell in the middle and the keeper had to stop the machine to "save" the poor person from being hit by others. Not to mention there is only one lift there, so there's a long line. Many people just gave up and carried their skis and snowboards, WALKING to the upper hill. See the conflicts HERE! You can WALK in the bunny hill NOT on skis or snowboards! So you see many people skiing, snowboarding, walking, and resting in the bunny hill. Wait, why is resting allowed in the middle of the hill? That's because it's the bunny hill. But why is assisting your kids not allowed? That's because it's the BUNNY HILL! Too bad, my family will not visit this resort anymore. Neither are the other two families I talked later in the parking lots, who were checking the prices and my comments. Surely nor the readers here and my family friends and their friends. Note that we spent roughly $300 each day here. They are losing our business now. Plus immediately 2x$300 from the families in the parking lots, and more in the future to come. To be fair, I must say there were still some staff like Mike, doing the "right" thing at the first day, so we visited this place again the next day. Mike was generous, kind, polite, and understanding what it takes to be a parent. It's just sad that the longer we stayed, the more regret we had. As a father, I just can't forget my youngest's face, asking me, "Daddy, why can't you help me in the hill? Why... Daddy, why can't we play snow there? We aren't bothering anyone." And I had to say, "Sweet heart, this is their rule. Although not reasonable, we just have to follow ..." again and again.

    The worlds worst welcome sign.
    McKenna S.

    I came to Cloudcroft today to introduce to skiing for the first time. Upon learning that ONLY the bunny slope was open, we thought it was going to be the perfect experience for rookie skiers to learn and hopefully master a beginner slope and gain some confidence on skis. We joined the ski school with Diana. She was fantastic, friendly and made ski school as personal as possible. However, she had a group of about 20 new skiers. So, when it came time to learn how to ride the lift, my family was in the back and could not hear the instructions well. When it came time for us to ride, none of the kids could do it. After several attempts, the lift attendant said that we would need to just walk up. We walked up, skied down, attempted again, failed again, was told again to walk back up and repeat and repeat, able to ski, but unable to ride back up. It doesn't make sense to me to pay for ski school and lift tickets, when we were told to walk up the mountain. Ski school should be limited to a smaller, more manageable group. I also suggest that at a minimum, any skier that is willing to attempt without fear or hesitation should be able to ride the lift by the end of ski school. See attached and most underwhelming Welcome sign on earth.

    Sarah E.

    We had an amazing time here :) custumer service was exelent. Perfect place for a family outing!

    My first time ever skiing and Ski Cloudcroft was the perfect place to start! Took a ski lesson with Dan and he was an absolutely fabulous instructor - encouraging, patient, confident, and clearly loved his job. He made the whole experience so much fun. The rest of the staff was also extremely friendly and accommodating for first-timers and the price was very reasonable. I loved it so much that I am already planning my next ski trip! Many thanks to the entire Ski Cloudcroft team.

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    Nicholas F.

    Brick oven pizza... Very very good! What a wonderful experience. If you are in the mood for pizza, take the time to head up here and give it a try! The view was also very amazing.

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    Best pizza in Cloudcroft! The pizza is wood fired with their own recipe. This pizza is unbeatable!

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    This place was amazing! Snow tubing was a blast. Staff was super helpful, COVID precautions in place! Highly recommend.

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    Cabins At Cloudcroft

    Cabins At Cloudcroft

    5.0(7 reviews)
    1.7 mi

    If staying anywhere in the vicinity of Cloudcroft, the Cabins at Cloudcroft cannot be beat... for…read morequality, space, or anything you could ever need during your stay. Two families stayed in one cabin and had anything you could ever want in a home away from home. We arrived late in the night, and everything was ready for us upon arrival, the place was warm, clean, and welcoming. The place was outfitted, and had anything you could ever imagine in a furnished cabin (internet, cable, dishes, personal heaters for each room, etc.). No, the place isn't nestled in Old Town, but you are not far from there. Very close to other eateries well worth visiting. Not too far from your local ski slopes, and other tourist sites down the mountain. Karl was an excellent host. He checked in on us all the time, and made sure that we weren't ever without. It comes as no surprise that they 2021 (and potentially 2022) Traveler's Choice for Hotel location on TripAdvisor. We shall return.

    We were looking for a reasonable place to stay in Cloudcroft and we found a sweet refuge! The…read morecabins are clean, within walking distance of the grocery and excellent pizza (at Cloudcroft Brewing), and very cozy. We used the wood fireplace during two intense summer storms. The kitchenette has everything you would want to prepare your own meals, or you can take advantage of all the local restaurants. Karl and Laura are solicitous, generous, attentive, and so kind. I can't forget to include Rascal, the sweetest kitten I've ever met!! My husband and I felt welcomed and at peace. Family friendly but also romantic for couples! We extended our stay because we weren't ready to leave after three nights! A days drive from Central Texas, so we will definitely be back. I think we've found our home away from home! We went on three gorgeous hikes each day, all within 15 minutes drive.

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    Cloud Mountain Inn & Ski Palace

    Cloud Mountain Inn & Ski Palace

    1.0(3 reviews)
    2.3 mi

    Warning to anyone who books with this guy. We booked this room while on the road because of…read moreemergency sewage problem and which delayed our check in by one night. When we got there the guy kind of opened the door and let us look inside. My husband paid for the room. We went in to check it out. The beds had dirt in the sheet and debris behind the bed. There was feces on side of toilet. We went back down the stairs and the guy was gone and the place was locked up. We called to cancel and get our money back within less than an hour. The guy flat out refused.

    Would not recommend this place to anyone. We rented snowboard equipment for my two sons just for…read morethe day. The gentleman working there was not very friendly and seemed a little pushy. Prices are crazy high too. My son was injured at the end of the day and we had to take him to the local ER. Needless to say, we were not able to return the equipment rentals but were assured by the medic at the ski resort that he would take it back for us. Shame on me for trusting him because he returned it three days later. All the while, the owner of ski palace then called and threatened to send me to court for the three days the equipment was not turned in if I didn't pay him $40 for the time he lost on renting the equipment. I understand that this is his livelihood, but when I stated that I wanted to contact the ski resort (before I agreed to pay the $40) just to find out why it wasn't turned in on time, he became irate and told me if I contacted the ski resort about this then I could forget about paying him $40 and he would charge me $140 instead. What the heck?? We ended up paying him $40, never heard back from anyone at the ski resort and the ski palace also ran my debit card without my authorization for an additional $8. My family and I will never do business with the ski palace or ski Cloudcroft again. In my opinion, it's a crooked business they are running and I'd rather go where the customer is appreciated and not treated like they're a dime a dozen.

    Ski Apache

    Ski Apache

    3.1(178 reviews)
    31.2 mi

    *BEWARE!!!!!! The GM…read moreKen Marlatt is letting this once great mountain with so much potential rot away. It seems he only wants to make money ripping off unsuspecting tourists and making it unaffordable for locals and even lots of tourist. Ski Apache price increase is unfair for the product they offer. I asked on social media a few times (Facebook) why the increase only to be blocked from viewing the page entirely. Seems very unfair/shady of them to do this for asking a simple question. I've never seen any other ski resorts block customers for asking questions like "why the price increase of $60-105 this season." *Some things for people to know before going* -Prices have gone up almost 100% up to $195 for peak days. It's $150-160 non peak days. Today Thursday 2/12/26 is $195 but last season this same Thursday before Presidents' Day was $90. -Thursday's are now considered weekend day pricing and no weekday pricing is options are available anymore. -Since 2020 they stopped operating Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (besides Christmas and Spring break week) which is greatly hurting all the local ski shops. If you can rent from the local shops and help them out they awesome staffing that care about you having a good day. -With this increase you would expect on mountain improvements but nothing has happened besides the "snow factory" machine that only makes snow for a small section of easy street. They also think they can use tarps like RUKA and LEVI in Finland do to solve the lack of snow/warm wet build temps when they can't make snow but don't have anywhere near the same snowmaking capacity like those resorts have. -Snowmaking from the summit/gondola including midway lift 2 is Inoperative and no plans to fix it for future lean snow years. They also haven't made snow off Capitan quad (chair 4) the last couple seasons so it seems that area is headed toward being INOP too. Basically snowmaking is limited to chair 3&5 only (the small beginner chairlifts) this is where they put the expensive operating Snow factory machine. -I'll also add Elk Ridge quad (chair 8) terrain has no snowmaking anymore but the whole area has been abandoned for over a decade including the Elk lodge with also no plans to reopen or fix the area. -Chairlifts don't seem to be properly maintained like seat cushion that are ripped on most chairs outside of 3&5 especially on Chair 2. -They are always short staff and GM Ken Marlatt stopped/wont allow an employee bus to operate to save money so less staff is showing up making operations a nightmare and chairlifts not being able to operate regularly. -staffing issues go into the lodge also like no bartenders sometimes (no bartender on 2/7/26) and bathrooms have most stall broken. Usually only 2-3 work out of 7. -The other bathrooms at the top of chair 6 Apache bowl and Moonshine Burger& Bar restrooms have been abandoned and are covered in rat droppings. -Under GM Ken Marlatt leadership staff doesn't seem safely properly trained especially with children on chairlifts (unfortunately a child lost their life this season Jan2026 due to this). -MTB trails haven't been raked/maintained since 2020 and just to ride the gondola for sightseeing cost $65. -Zero Terrain park features. No rails/boxes since 2019 and no jumps since 2020. The mountain is so beautiful and has so much potential. It's a shame to see what has now become of it since GM Ken Marlatt took over. They should look into someone else to run it before it's too late. MCP with James Coleman might make a good option. I'd recommend Cloudcroft, Sandia, Angel fire, Ski Santa Fe, Taos, Pajarito Mountain or Sipipu as other more reliable and safer options for NM skiing. If you would love to enjoy a Native American run ski area I would recommend looking in Sunrise Park Resort operated by the White Mountain Apache Tribe in Eastern Arizona. They have been making improvements to the mountain while offering fair lift ticket prices ranging from $25-$99. They will listen to any complaint especially on social media and try the best they can to improve on that. Maybe Ski Apache can learn from them instead of deleting/blocking anyone that criticizes their operations on social media. I've attached a photo of the bathroom at Moonshine Bar with RAT DROPPINGS! from this season 25/26. Apparently the bathroom at the top of Apache Bowl is a lot worse. This shows you what has become of the mountain under GM Ken Marlatt's leadership. Unfortunately due all this and now being blocked on social media (never seen a ski area block people on social media for asking why lift ticket prices increased dramatically this year) I won't spend any more money here and I'm a avid loyal skier here. I wish the best for them and hope they listen to this review as I would love to ski at SKI Apache and see it become the great mountain it use to be. Unfortunately it's just getting worse every year with GM Ken Marlatt's leadership.

    If you opt to rent your ski boots or equipment here just know they are all men's or boys sizes…read more That is not the problem, but that they did not tell us this nor is there any signage or information about this is a glaring oversight. This may not seem like a big deal, but I cannot process in my small brain why you would not tell the customer this information. If another patron had not mentioned this, we would have never known. Poor signage and poor communication. The guy doing are skis was helpful and nice. But the lady that threw away my rental paper at the ski boot rental was not helpful. I like to give the benefit of the doubt, but not necessary at this establishment. Pretty sure it's on purpose.

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    Ruidoso Mountain View Cabin Rentals - Mountain Views AC/Heat sleeps 6 Ruidoso Cabin Rental

    Ruidoso Mountain View Cabin Rentals

    1.0(1 review)
    27.9 mi

    The cabin itself has wonderful views. Our stay was less than desirable as the host of these cabins…read morehas posted signs everywhere stating amounts of money you will be charged if you break a rule. The concern that something might go wrong lingered the entire trip. We left the cabin in excellent condition and have a video of the condition it was left in. After our stay the Owner of the cabin left a review stating we had left trash and removed smoke detectors and batteries from the rental. I contacted the host to inquire about the review and offer our proof that what she was saying was untrue. She was unwilling to view the proof we had and investigate further as her information was coming from people she had hired to clean after we left. I reviewed her interactions with other guests when they had less than perfect reviews she has a history of being slanderous towards them. Please save yourself the headache, there are plenty of other places to stay in Ruidoso. Keep this one off of your list.

    From the owner: Our moto "Dont settle for anything less than a mountain view" When renting a cabin in Ruidoso…read more Ruidoso is a mountain town! Luxuriously furnished, this cabin is a step above the rest. Minutes from downtown shopping, Groceries, and trails. Paved roads, Central AC/Heat. Stunning mtn views just a glance out the 6 patio doors, or walk onto the covered deck. 3BR 2BTH sleeps 6. Drive up all paved roads, walk in. Accessible year round. 5 minutes from shopping, dining, and groceries.

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