Where's the snow? Warm start to winter has businesses worried

In New Hampshire, Cranmore Resort has only been able to open up 30% of its mountain to skiers and snowboarders.

Jim Pettengill is desperate to see snow in North Conway, New Hampshire. 

"It's disheartening right now," he said. "There's no snowmobiling, nothing. We keep our fingers crossed it'll get cold," Pettengill said.

Earlier this season, it seemed New England was off to a solid start for snowfall. Many ski areas opened around Thanksgiving. Large portions of New Hampshire's 6,900 miles of snowmobile trails also opened, but then came the rain. 

Now, trails look more suited for hiking than snowmobiling.

"We used to get a lot more snow earlier. It is changing," said Pettengill, who is the president of the White Mountain Trail Club, which maintains 50 miles of trails in the area.