HROCC winter ski trip, Jan. 12, a reminder

Dear friends,
The weather forecast for Jan. 12, up to now, seems that it will be a beautiful day! Hoping that everyone is excited to go skiing. :)
Here I would like to give you some suggestions before the trip. In my opinion, a pair of waterproof gloves is quite essential, and a waterproof coat and pants are both helpful. These kinds of things are quite personal and you may not be able to rent them there. The rental equipments include skis, snowboards, poles, shoes, and helmets(not included in the basic rental package). For other things, for example, goggles to prevent wind and sunshine, are only suggested. The train from Porter Square will depart at 8:45 am, arriving Fitchburg at 10:06 am, and then connected by a free 20-min shuttle bus. So, it will be almost 10:30 am or later when we arrive there, and we will leave at about 4:00 pm, totally 5-6 hours of play. Since the train will be the only one on that day for us to go there, please be there at least 10 minutes earlier. I will be at Porter Square at about 8:00 am. The round-tour commuter rail ticket costs $15.5.
Another important thing is, in order to get the tickets quickly, I would like to ask for your cooperation. Please prepare CASH before hand so that I can collect it and buy the tickets as soon as we arrive there. If you are a beginner and are not confident with learning on your own, I suggest that you join the beginners' package, $74, including equip rental and lower mountain lift ticket. For those who want to ski without taking a lesson(as I did the first time), the equip rental fee is $32(the same for snowboard and ski), and lower mountain lift ticket is $35. ($49 for all areas.) So totally the cost is either $74, or $67, or 81. Please have an idea how you would like to do on that day.
There are some restaurants there, and we will be back to Porter Square at 7:00 pm. If you want to save time for fun, you can bring your own food.
I think that's basically all things need to be considered. :)
See you on Saturday!
Yang-Ting