You are invited this winter to come and ski, enjoy the world class spa.

“Escape the rigors of life as you awaken every sense with a host of tantalizing body, skin and nail treatments at the Spirit of the Mountain Spa. Located at The Lodge, our day spa offers a multitude of massage therapies, body treatments, and nail services to pamper and soothe every inch of your body. Additional services can be added to any treatment.

Special day spa packages for gentlemen, couples and groups are available. Choose from the menu, or custom design a package specific to your needs.

This is one New Mexico spa that takes the fine art of pampering to a new level.” 

The Lodge Massage 

Using light to moderate pressure and a variety of techniques, your custom massage addresses areas of tension, leaving you feeling relaxed and nurtured. 30 minutes $40, 60 minutes $65, 90 minutes $95

 Mountain Stone Massage 

The ultimate in relaxation and tension relief. Heated basalt stones are applied with a light oil and serene essential oil blend to relax your mind, body and spirit. 60 minutes $75, 90 minutes $110

Deep Tissue Massage 

This personalized massage focuses on problem areas and incorporates a variety of techniques to release tension and increase range of motion.  60 minutes $75, 90 minutes $110

Couples Massage (Limited Availability) 

Relax and rejuvenate side by side as each of you enjoy your own custom massage with your own therapist. 60 minutes $130, 90 minutes $190 for two.

Aromatherapy Massage 

Essential oils derived from roots, herbs and flowers are incorporated into your massage, restoring and enhancing beauty, health and balance. 60 minutes $70, 90 minutes $95

Add these wonderful treatments to enhance your experience: 

Aromatherapy - $5 additional with any massage. Add an essential oil blend to help renew, relax and rejuvenate.  Paraffin Warmth - $20 as an addition ($40 as a single treatment). Add the perfect treatment for tired hands and feet. Hands and feet are dipped in warm silky paraffin then wrapped to seal in the moisture.  Salt Glow - $50 as a 30 minute addition ($85 as a single treatment with wrap). Add an exfoliating sea salt and essential oil treatment that leaves your skin soft and glowing.  Rebecca's Secret Massage Facial - $35 as an addition ($40 as a single treatment). Your skin is cleansed, fed, toned, firmed and deeply hydrated. Your face, neck, scalp and ear muscles receive a rejuvenating, uplifting massage.

In addition to the above there are:  Waxing

Brow, lip or chin..........................................................$15

Bikini line.....................................................................$60 & up

Underarm....................................................................$25

Half leg, full leg...........................................................$40/$65

Brazilian.......................................................................$70 & up Back.............................................................................$70 & up

Eyebrow & Eyelash Tint............................................$25

Mountain Meadow Herbal Wrap   Your neck, scalp, and face are massaged while you lie covered in warm linen steeped in healing, aromatic mountain herbs to eliminate impurities, hydrate the skin and rejuvenate the body. 60 minutes $80, 90 minutes with massage $115   Detoxifying Mud With Herbal Wrap    You are covered in rich clay mixed with ground seaweed and an essential oil formula of your choice to stimulate the immune system and remove toxins. You are then wrapped in warm towels steeped in mountain herbs and your neck, face and scalp are massaged. Finally, following a warm shower, a rich moisterizer is applied. 75 minutes $95, 105 minutes with full massage $130 Salt Glow With Herbal Wrap  Nutritionally rich natural oils feed your skin. Dead Sea Salts, ground seaweed and essential oils, exfoliate and invigorate leaving your skin soft and glowing. Your neck, scalp and face are massaged while you relax with an herbal wrap. 60 minutes $85, 90 minutes with full massage $120  Head, Neck, Hands & Feet   While your feet are cleansed and softened with an essential oil herbal wrap, you receive a deeply relaxing neck, shoulders, scalp and face massage. This treatment is completed with a foot and hand exfoliating and moisterizing massage. 60 minutes $75, 90 minutes with full massage $110

If a resort came with the recommendation that every New Mexican governor has stayed at a particular resort, one could assume that the establishment was one of regal and grandiose class. You certainly assumed correctly! The Lodge is all that and more! The Lodge was first built by the Alamogordo and Sacramento Mountain Railway in 1899, destroyed by fire and rebuilt in 1911.  

On the way to my own suite in the Retreat Suites (a nearby set of separate group structure housing four suites),   I stood looking up at the majestic building, The Lodge at Cloudcroft. I knew why so many, over a hundred year span, have made the pilgrimage to this stately resort that has drawn such celebrated names of eminence as Judy Garland, Clark Gable, Gilbert Roland, and even Poncho Villa. Renowned U.S. and Mexican government officials, military leaders, astronauts, are among the rich and famous who have come to this haven of seclusion and rest among grand Victorian splendor and radiance.

Here one can enjoy fine dining, golfing (read the golf story in archives), swimming in the summer, dry sauna, hot tub, massages, tennis, as well as other outdoor activities. At 9,200 feet above sea level the cool mountain air of the Sacramento Mountains of New Mexico makes for pleasant spring, summer, and fall days. Winter brings a magical beauty that only the mountains can produce. Winter sports activities offer local slope skiing, ice-skating, snowmobiling, and cross-country skiing. The Lodge is surrounded by the 215,000 acres of the enchanting  Lincoln National Forest. The average winter high is 43 degrees and the average summer high is only 73 enjoyable degrees! That alone accounts for the many Texans who leave out during July or August for The Lodge at Cloudcroft!

How about eating at Rebecca's dining area looking out from a panorama glass view and eating a luscious breakfast that ranges for the price of breakfast at your home town?  The current menu

At night, Rebecca's turns into a place of eloquence and charm. The low burning lamps, the music from the grand piano, the "dressed for dinner" waiters, all say, "this is going to be a special night!" It was for my wife and me!  Their award-winning chefs are some of the best! There are mouth-watering appetizers and salads, perfectly cooked steaks, prime rib, shrimp, salmon, pasta, duck, and lobster tail among the many menu choices. The incredible Sunday Brunch that fills the entire main lobby is something you do not want to miss (even if you have to stay over to experience it). My eight or more meals there were all culinary delights! Conrad Hilton who managed The Lodge during the 30's would be proud of the class of food and service that is found there today.

 Descriptive words that come to mind when I think of my recent visit at The Lodge are ... exquisite, friendly, eloquent, charming, and outstanding. It is a romantic getaway for many couples, and a honeymooner's utopia. The awards for excellence in food, lodging and service, The Lodge has received through the years, would fill a page in the magazine. There is the main Lodge with 47 rooms, the separate building nearby-The Retreat Suites (4 rooms) with fireplace, jetted tubs, the Pavilion (10 rooms) about a mile away which is a B & B. The rooms are appropriately furnished in lovely antiques.  (The Lodge does have conference facilities.) *Meal prices vary with seasons, as do rates.

Skiing, golf, and lots of other recreation

 Location: Southern New Mexico near Ruidoso and Alamogordo on Highway 82.

Phone 800 395-6343 or 505 682-2566. 

Happy Holidays and Happy Traveling.