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Registration numbers, which measures how many people are using their snowmobiles each season, fell to 1.5 million down from 1.65 million the season before. But a few key states brought the registrations down, again the devastated auto industry playing a key role. Michigan was down about 97,000 sled registrations and neighboring Ohio lost roughly 12,000. Other states with large loses were Maine, which dropped about 11,000; New Hampshire, 8,000; New York, 5,000; and out west, Utah and Idaho each had about 7,000 fewer registrations.
States that saw increased registrations included Wisconsin, up about 6,000, along with Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Wyoming, each with marginal gains.
Klim also said ISMA statistics show snowmobilers rode a little less this past season, averaging just less than 1,000 miles, the first time that has happened in years.