It's hard to imagine the views being better than the images in the photo, but I think they were. We had changing views throughout the day as the weather and temps changed. I was a bit worried about getting there in the snow, but the roads were recently plowed with compact snow and easily travelled with my car's AWD.The unit is beautifully appointed, and had lots of extras like USB chargers, bluetooth speaker, etc. We enjoyed our snowy retreat at this unique location.