I'm in South Carolina so when my parents stopped going to Vermont for Christmas, I joined a local ski club here. When I was introduced, the club said: "Yes! Another racer~" A what, I said? You think I'm going to do what! I did various lessons and workshops and quickly progressed more than I had in the preceeding >30 years! Fortunately, NASTAR racing's available in North Carolina, so I could practice on their courses. If you're ever going to resorts out west, more of them have racing in Colorado and such. Epic resorts have their own racing program. Or, if all else fails, you can join a Crescent Ski Council Club like Spartanburg; Crescent has a fabulous race camp every December from the 1st -2nd Saturday that is the best value anywhere~I'd gone 11 years until covid, when it was cancelled, but only the last year or two did the week go over $1000 for 7 nights lodging, 6 days lift tickets, 5 full days of lessons with or without race training or you can choose 1/2, a welcome wine & cheese, 3 lunches with your class, a keg party we made dinner out of, an apres ski party, a bar-b-que at the top of the gondola with band, a formal dinner the last night at the Grand Hotel ballroom and smart wool socks. 200-400 people go each year and it's sooo much fun! The week just goes wayyy too fast!
