Help planning a Switzerland vacation with Skiing

end of trip. if something happens on the slopes (i shattered my collar bone before snowboarding) you want it to be at the end of the trip.

Are you an experienced skier or just want to try it for the first time? I'd suggest like the others and say near the end of the the trip. Normally after skiing your legs, thighs, and other muscles hurt so best to do it before heading home, might even help you sleep better on the plane.

Now skiing wise, I've been to the town of Grindelwald before except it was in October so a little too early. I managed to take the gondola all the way up to the top the views were beautiful. I stayed at the sunstar alpine hotel and it was $$$, but worth it plus right across the street from the gondola. Some of the best food I've ever had, had a a full spa area with fancy steam rooms, views of the swiss alps... The town is not very large, but has that rustic european feel.

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I think your road trip would be pretty nice in the winter

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One thing OP should be sure to check is road closures. You may have to take the gondola or something at that time, for parts. Some of those roads are sketchy even in good conditions.

Here is some advice from a non-skier. Go to Zermatt. I have been to Switzerland twice although I did not ski there. However, while in Zermatt I did take the lifts up to the ski slopes at the top and on various levels of the Klien Matterhorn which is the mountain next to and overlooking the Matterhorn. It was the most spectacular scenery I have ever seen. You feel like you are on top of the world (which you pretty much are). The Alps are all around you and everything is covered in snow. You see the Matterhorn on one side and the town of Zermatt down below on the other side. And the skiing is world class. I have been to places with some incredible scenery, but when asked what is #1 on my list, this is my answer.