Boom in snowmobile sales as US families look to escape lockdown

A person on a snowmobile rides on a trail in Rangeley, Maine (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)

The desire to escape lockdown is creating the biggest boom in more than two decades for the snowmobiling industry.

From the US state of Maine to Montana, it is becoming difficult to find a new snowmobile for sale and the rental fleets are booked up.