And to answer your question it’s pretty easy to travel with skis on Swiss trains. You will also get a good range of rental skis in Zermatt although...

This what you’re skiing over! The views are stupendous There’s tons of amazing hiking/biking terrain

This vid starts with the terrain under the Stockhorn / Hohtälli and pans around over the Findeln glacier to Rothorn

One of the glacier routes There’s a lot of ice! And fabulous views Nice ski tour up to Findeln

I love Zermatt although possibly more in Summer than Winter. It’s a huge area and there is a lot of terrain to explore but as above, some of the best...