Celtic Mountain Highland Games
Tucked into the high-valley ranching community of Westcliffe in the Wet Mountain Valley with the Sangre de Cristo peaks as backdrop, this single-day games at Bluff Park offers a genuinely grassroots Highland athletics competition and Celtic gathering far from any city, connecting the region's rural community with Scottish heritage traditions.
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