BANGOR DAILY NEWS • April 1, 2024
Late season snow hasn’t bailed out Maine’s beleaguered snowmobile season, as rains and wind melt the state’s white gold. Maine has had a tough winter for snowmobiling. Between the wind and rain storms in December and early 2024 that devastated trails, the warmer-than-normal temperatures and the sporadic snowfall all winter, the number of residents who chose to register their snowmobiles this year decreased nearly 10,000 from last year. Resident registrations in 2023-24 totaled 46,813, while nonresidents purchased 20,765,