Martin City Disco and Great Northern
Fri Jul 25, 09:09 PM
It is tough to document every cool thing that is done during a summer in the Flathead Valley. There are days on the lake, days in the mountains, and evenings kicking back cold ones and bragging of the day’s events.
Last weekend was no different. It all started with a little party called the Martin City Disco. This is an annual event that is held at the Southfork Bar in Martin City. As sketchy as Martin City is, all the raft guides from Glacier and a bunch of other dirtbags converge in disco attire for a great party once a year.
After making the most of an evening dancing to the Village People and Saturday Night Fever, the crew met up at the trailhead to climb Great Northern. This is a peak in the Great Bear Wilderness that is right between Glacier National Park and the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area. It is a nasty climb, but well worth the excellent scenery. During the climb, several “attacks” made a leisurely hike impossible and running up the trail the norm. This is no easy task as total elevation gain for the day was about 5200 ft. All the standard dumbasses were there: Doug, Halpin, Dustin, Gue, Matty S. and a few others that joined the fun.
We had to hurry on the trail as I had to get back for Scott and PJ McCracken’s wedding that afternoon.
Sunday was comprised of some “easy living.” This can be defined as going to City Beach on Whitefish Lake, throwing the Frisbee, then going to Les Mason Beach on Whitefish Lake.
It is Friday night, I just finished a bike ride and I am meeting Big Doug down at the Garden for a few beers. This weekend should be another good one. We are riding in the Swan Range tomorrow morning, then heading down to Graham Meng’s lake house to get sunburned on the boat. Sunday will be sailing on Flathead Lake. The beginning of the week only slows me down until 5pm. I have a golf game scheduled after work.
It’s a tough life, but somebody’s got to do it!
Here are a few pictures from Great Northern.
Great Northern looms in the distance.
The crew takes a break before the summit push.
