Sometimes the word penthouse is mostly about an elevator button. Here, the elevated position actually matters. Mountain Village Sunny Ridge Place Lookout sits above the See Forever setting with mountain views that give the three-bedroom residence a much bigger personality than its footprint suggests. The living room is centered around a fireplace, but it's the horizon outside that keeps pulling your attention away from it. I like the three-bedroom scale too. This isn't trying to compete with the enormous Telluride houses. It's a polished mountain residence for a family or a few couples who want a quieter base near Mountain Village. For a month, that can be exactly the right answer. You get the feeling of being above the village rather than buried in it, while restaurants, skiing and the gondola remain close enough to use regularly.