Ruidoso’s Perk Canyon neighborhood offers hiking trails among Ponderosa pines, sparkling streams, and panoramic views of Sierra Blanca and Nogal Peak. Nestled among this natural beauty is Tis Holiday Haus, a 3-bedroom home that enables you to be at one with nature while still being just minutes from shops, art galleries, and restaurants.

With its wood-planked floors and walls, stone-surround wood-burning fireplace, and choice of well-cushioned couches and armchairs, the open-plan living area is mountain-cabin living at its finest. There’s room for everyone to spend time together here, whether you’re watching a movie on the flat-screen TV with cable, playing charades by the roaring fire, or relaxing over après-ski drinks. There’s even a sofa, tucked away from the others, where you can stretch out and read or surf the web via the free WiFi.

Six people can easily gather around the dining table—even more if you push it closer to the cozy window seat. A 2nd table, in the game room, seats 6 as well. The kids might want to eat here—the game room has a foosball table and a large wall-mounted TV as well—while the adults enjoy a more leisurely meal in the dining area. Open and roomy, the kitchen has all the appliances, cookware, tableware, and counter space you’ll need; the only things you’ll have to supply are food and an appetite. There’s a gas grill on Tis Holiday Haus’s huge deck as well. If you reel in catfish or trout from one of the nearby lakes, you can cook it right out here among the crisp mountain breezes.

Tis Holiday Haus’s restful outdoor spaces include a hot tub. After a day of hiking, skiing, or mountain biking, a soak among its massaging jets of water will feel so restorative. Then again, a soak late at night, beneath the star-studded sky, is wonderfully romantic too. And any time is a good one to sit on the deck and listen to the hummingbirds sing while watching for deer and even elk in the surrounding woodlands.

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