Parade viewers sang Happy 80th Birthday to Smokey Bear hosted by GMF-Chipita Park Fire Dept.

The 86th Annual Bronc Day was held in Green Mountain Falls on July 27. Bronc Day celebrates the community of Ute Pass and beyond with a day of free, fun, festive family activities.

Since 1939, Bronc Day has welcomed tourists and locals alike. Early Bronc Days boasted up to 148 horses in the parade and day’s activities. This year’s festival, coordinated by the non-profit Building Ute Pass Community, features a wide variety of paraders, arts and crafts vendors, a pie contest, a pancake breakfast with the Friends of Ute Pass Trails (friendsofutepass.org), food vendors, magicians, paint-a-train activity, pool fun, face painters, a beer garden and more.