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Great Indoor Folk Festival ~ Feb 12, 2012
The 4th Annual Great Indoor Folk Festival takes place this Sunday, February 12 in Building 50 at the Grand Traverse Commons. The festival runs from noon to 5:30, and it is family-friendly and free, though you're encouraged to donate through "busker buckets."

There will be 6 different stages with over 50 musicians on seven different stages.   read more »

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Empire Winterfest (Feb 11), ÊTraverse City Winter Microbrew Festival (Feb 11), Glen Arbor Winterfest (Feb 18), ÊSleeping Bear Snowshoe Hikes (Every Saturday). Check the Leelanau Calendar.

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January 3, 2008

Snowshoe or ski the Sleeping Bear Dunes

Filed under: empire,glen arbor,glen haven,lake michigan,Leelanau,photo,skiing,sleepingbeardunes,winter — Andrew McFarlane @ 11:59 am

On the lip by jonwilli The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore offers guided snowshoe hikes every Saturday during January and February. Hikes begin at the Philip A. Hart Visitor Center on Highway M-72 at the edge of the village of Empire at at 1 PM and you can call the Visitor Center at 231-326-5134, ext. 328 to make a reservation and check here for more about skiing & snowshoeing trails in the Sleeping Bear Dunes.

We have to point out that most of the trails in the Lakeshore are well marked and easy to navigate, so if you can't make a guided tour, don't let that slow you down!

Photo credit: On the lip by jonwilli

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  1. Hi,

    I just wanted to say how much my sister, her husband, my niece and I enjoyed our snowshoe hike last winter. We had a wonderful park ranger who showed us animal footprints in the snow and what animal they belonged to --- we also saw bear prints in the driveway of our home that backs up to the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park!

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    Comment by Cathy Kegler — January 31, 2008 @ 9:09 pm

  2. Cool! That's great to hear, Cathy.

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    Comment by Andrew McFarlane — February 1, 2008 @ 4:44 am

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