Thanks for all the tips. I think we will try Verbier as many people have mentioned that both on EF and in person.
We did plan a multi-day mid-week trip to Zermatt and then take the Glacier express to St. Moritz (might as well, I have the GA and he the swiss pass so its almost free). Will be doing 2 days of skiing (me) and boarding (my friend) in Zermatt. We were hoping to do some in St. Moritz as well but hotels are CRAZY expensive there even mid-week. For example our 3 nights in Zermatt were only about the same as one night in St. Moritz.
After that we are going to try one of the local recommendations ... I'm hoping for snow, forecasters are saying snow local on Tues and Wed, but then I have already seen in just a couple weeks of being here how off the forecasts are here
Oh for skill.. I don't know how it equates in switzerland. I usually ski single black diamonds or more interesting blue runs in the US but stay away from chutes and I'll do moguls only once in a while cause I'm "old" now and not so good at them so I get tired (use them more of an excuse to justify fondue AND dessert). My friend is hard to judge, he has 4 yrs or so experience but he is very fearful of getting hurt so no matter the terrain he goes very slow. He prefers off-piste but defined runs or days when the piste runs have powder on top (I know, a rare combo and probably not going to find good stuff like that this year).
See you on the slopes!