(AP) -- Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will continue offering its weekend snowshoe hikes in March for as long as snow conditions allow.

The park in Leelanau County offers ranger-guided hikes beginning at 1 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.  They get under way at the Philip A. Hart Visitor Center in Empire. After getting some basic instruction, participants travel by car to a trailhead.

Rangers say the hikes are mildly strenuous, but go at a leisurely pace and don't exceed 1.5 miles. People who don't own snowshoes can borrow a free pair.

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