Lack of snow, pandemic hurt North Country businesses
Few snowmobile trails open during mild winter Share Updated: 6:56 PM EST Jan 14, 2021
Few snowmobile trails open during mild winter Share Updated: 6:56 PM EST Jan 14, 2021
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Show Transcript ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY. MIKE C: WMUR’S KRISTEN CAROSA SPOKE WITH PEOPLE ABOUT THIS CHALLENGING TIME. THIS YEAR, SNOWMOBILE TRAILS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE OPENED UP THREE WEEKS LATE AND NOW, GOING INTO A HOLIDAY WEEKEND, CONDITIONS ARE NOT IDEAL. PEOPLE ARE CALLING FROM ALL OVER THE NORTHEAST WITH PLANS TO COME UP AND RIDE AND VACATION AND THEY ARE UNAWARE THERE IS NO SNOW AND THEY ARE PRETTY UPSET. DAN GOULD RUNS THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SNOWMOBILE ASSOCIATION. HE SAYS BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT CONDITIONS THERE ARE ONLY A FEW , OF TRAILS OPEN AND THEY ARE FAR UP NORTH. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, BUSINESS FOR RENTALS HAS BEEN SLOW. THERE IS A LAG. WE ARE STILL HOPEFUL, BUT WE REBOUND THROUGH COVID PEERED W