PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • January 3, 2022
“So far, this winter has been very mild compared to normal,” said Sarah Thunberg, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Gray. Snowmobiling is suffering with trails closed due to a lack of snow. In Rangeley, often the go-to spot for snowmobilers, Matt Kennedy of the Rangeley Lake Snowmobile Club reports that trails are not yet open. At Sugarloaf Mountain, there hasn’t been much natural snow, but they are making snow. On Saturday ice fishing enthusiasts were hunting for spots to fish. Warm starts to winter in Maine are becoming the norm, said Paul Mayewski, professor and director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine.