Suggestions for winter climbing progression

Hi all, I'll be in Jackson between early January and June, and I'm an average 5.8/5.9 climber that's only done long (5-10+ pitches) multipitch alpine rock sport routes in the Alps (no experiences with trad pro, trad anchors) in all seasons (not afraid of the wet and cold).

My goals are to be comfortable placing pro, to be more comfortable using alpine protection concepts, and to learn ice climbing.

Besides hunkering down and reading a bunch of books and messing around with some stuff here in the facility where I'll be living, does anyone have any suggestions as to where I should best look for partners, go cragging on ice/rock (exum ice park?), or really any suggestions at all? I've had a climbing mentor for the last two years, and I climbed pretty much exclusively with them, so finding new people is new to me!

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Find cracks at the local crag and start placing, easy aid routes, find other local trad climbers, hangboard all winter so the hand and finger endurance is there. Best of luck