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2015 was the 150 years annyversary of the Swiss Alpine Club where many of those mountain huts got from February to October illuminated at nights by light artist Gerry Hofstetter.
Swiss TV SRF broadcasted in 2015 a series called Bi De Luut moderated by Nik Hartman which visited many of those huts with a camera team. Eversince...lets call it hutting...got very popular by Swiss people. Many of those huts got or are getting an architectural facelift.
Most famous Hornli hut which is base camp for Matterhorn climbers got overgiven 2015 from SAC to the community of Zermatt which is making a rebuild for 8 million dollars.
All of the SAC huts are eversince a refuge for people getting in troubles in the mountains due to quick weather changes. Those huts always have basic facilities open 365 days a year but are often not hosted during winters, some just at weekends. Hosts usually are there when snow is gone what means at 2500m altitude from June to October.
Beware of quick weather changes in mountains. Some foreigners are often not aware about....it is no footwalk to get on a summit of a 4000 m high mountain and some of them even are not aware they need something more than average sporting shoes for it. Often people from REGA Rettungsflugwacht then risk their own lifes to get hobby climbers out of danger when going too far. As a beginner you will be likely to need a local guide. You likely need no uncle being REGA chief to understand about such basics.
When a slope has an angle more than 35-45 degrees means there could be avalanches. Havingsomething on top being more than 100% steep or riding it down means you must be a pro and know how it works with avalanches...and of course then you wont cut then off when seeing your friends or other people below. In skiing resorts they cut those avalanches down by small explosions before people arrive, but being somewhere offroad means you are on your own.
To find out about the risk you need to inform yourself in every region. Most dangerous are powder avalanches with fresh snow laying loose on a settled base below. They reach 300km/h, you wont get away once they are triggered in wilderness. Usually people going into risky mountain areas in winters with snowboards are never doing it alone and wear gears as Parifox to let them be found quick once being caught in an avalanche...which lets snow get hard as concrete once being settled. Every year, STILL many people die in Swiss avalanches when leaving marked slopes not being aware about those basics.
Of course it iteches when being in moutian Holidays to ride down the hills and getting into the wild with skitouring. But at least, ask the locals first about dangers and weathers and step back when weather is turning. The holidy Resorts of course will have tourist information centers. Good luck...