Animal Details

2014 fiber (5yrs old)...he's still got it!

Scientific Data

1/1/1900

Year 2: 17.2 MFD, 3.5 SD, 20.1 CV, 0.5% +30, 99.5% Comfort Factor, 48.6 degree curvature. 16.6 micron Spin Fineness!!

Yr 2: 16.6 Spin Fineness & 99.5% Comfort

Reiling Porteus' Vertigo

Alpaca, Huacaya, Herdsire (Male) | Medium Fawn

AOA #31456579 | DOB: 12/5/2009 (15 yrs)

Sire: Snowmass Porteus

Priceless!

Snowmass Porteus

HuacayaHerdsire (Male)Medium Brown

AOA# 1397529DOB: 8/20/200420 yrs

His crias are phenomenal. Championing at Nationals, winning at Futurity and in your pasture with blankets consistent to the belly and fantastic fleece and body! Snowmass Alpacas descibed him well, so here are their words: "Named after the best Port we have ever tasted… And a toast to the very best XXXTREME production son ever to be born. The entire Alpaca breeding world knows who Snowmass XXXtreme is after taking herdsire of the year 2 years running 2006 & 2007. This particular son, Snowmass Porteus was the Ultimate reason why. Porteus in our opinion is the ULTIMATE™ in COLORED ALPACA production and why he has been staged in the Snowmass publication of The Making of Champions Part II as having the ultimate colored alpaca fleece.(A LONG, FINE, XXXtremely BRIGHT, staple and incredibly consistent through the entire body, from head to chest to toe) Snowmass Porteus simply stated has the “LOOK”, strong, upstanding, and extremely well balanced in his frame added to his ELITE FIBER he has INCREDIBLE POTENTIAL to raise the bar in ALPACA COLOR FIBER. Snowmass Porteus, as well his sire, has taken our COLOR breeding program to the top level of SUPERIORITY equal to the most ELITE whites. Porteus was shown at the highest level show, The Futurity, and took first place both as a Juvenile and Yearling and moved victoriously into the CHAMPION CIRCLE. Many Juveniles place well the first year but the real test is if they can stand in the same position the next year. Nothing about him has wavered in fleece and or body in his maturity. His 1st yr AFD of 15.1 and 2nd year of 16.5. HE IS THE ULTIMATE™..." Sadly, Porteus passed away in late Summer 2010. We miss him. He left us with a few spectacular offspring, a young herdsire or two, and a few in-utero that we anxiously await. The Porteus offspring will become the backbone of our breeding programs for years to come. We share our loss with our outstanding partners at Dusty Creek Ranch and Blue Gate Alpacas.

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AOA# 1397529 Medium Brown

Dam: Snowmass Midnight's Dawn

Breathtaking! Top Producer

Snowmass Midnight's Dawn

HuacayaBred (Female)Dark Fawn

AOA# 30541627DOB: 11/2/200519 yrs

At 4 years old, Dawn's fleece still sorts as a Grade #2! This is more important that any ribbon she could ever win. Born from 2 solid black as night parents, she is like the dawn. Taking from them their Peruvian heritage, but more importantly their awesome fleece genetics. Her fine handling dark fawn full fleece coverage hides her solid black toe nails. It has a brilliant shine and the density is really special. Her deep black eyes and eye liner are only a hint to her dark color genetics. Her dam 5Peruvian Condori was one of Snowmass' top selections in the '97 Peruvian import. Snowmass Alpacas describes her as being AS SUPERIOR AS NOVA HIMSELF. What a compliment! She has consistently produced alpacas that can compete and win at top level competitions under top level judges. For a True Black to be able to produce a wide range of colors that can compete at the top level no matter the color is exceptional. Her sire, Snowmass Midnight Magic is considered by Snowmass as a very Elite fleeced black male. "He is the male who’s fleece will create fine fashion garments that are as soft as the finest cashmere. This comes from his sire Snowmass Matadors Magic who is a true asset to vicuna fineness in a well advanced alpaca and his Dam 5Peruvian Ajoyani purchased for her own ultra fine black fleece. There is not an alpaca in Midnight Magic’s pedigree that is not on our Elite fleece list. He has produced the most consistent set of black cria we have ever experienced. Luster beyond our dreams with excellent staple length and very even high frequency well defined crimp that just does not stop. In his first and only showing he took a first place and was in the first place line with Snowmass Nova and took Reserve Champion. He has been home breeding ever since." Dawn is one of our very best foundation girls. Porteus will not only enhance her already stunning fleece, but add his large bone structure and beautiful head style.

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AOA# 30541627 Dark Fawn

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UPDATE: Vertigo has a strong color gene and has produced MF from BG, TB from TB and DSG from MSG. All with stunning, expressive, dense fleece! If you want color without sacrificing fleece...Vertigo is your guy!! Vertigo is a closely held Porteus son who has incredibly dense, consistent, and supremely fine fleece with a very tight crimp style. At a second shearing Spin Fineness of 16.6 Microns with a 99.5% Comfort factor, he's a tribute to his sire and will be stepping into Porteus' footsteps as his replacement. Vertigo has quite a bit of Snowmass Alpacas elite black genetics in his background so he's one of our "go to" guys for color. Vertigo is proving that he has the strong color gene that we’d hoped. We love these fawn guys with black lineage! He has black skin, nails, markings, and eyes. So far he‘s producing black and colors with the “big time” density, fineness, coverage, and large boned style that we love. His black son Noche has expressive and buttery soft fleece. We’ll be using him on more black girls to improve fleece attributes and add density. We’ll rebreed him to our light girls to add color. His cria from our beige dam is Medium Fawn and absolutely stunning! He's Co-owned with Laurie and Ray McDonald at McPaca Ranch. With the passing of Porteus we have a big hole in our hearts, but watching Vertigo in our pastures makes us smile and so thankful that we have him. Vertigo is the product of one of our very top breeding dams as well, so powerful genetics run deep in his blood. He is dense, incredibly consistent, shiny, fine, EVERYTHING we could ask for. Be sure to click on his ARI Certificate and Histogram for more details. His fleece stats are awesome and his pedigree reflects some killer genetics beyond his award winning sire and dam. Snowmass Xxxtreme, S. Royal Rose, Hemingway, S. Casanova, Bueno, S. Midnight Magic, 5Peruvian Condori (top black female import), Matador, and more. Call or e-mail us with any questions or to book him. We do offer discounts for award winning dams.

Awards

[4th]4th Place - TXOLAN 2011 - Fawn Halter - Out of 11 entries and the youngest in his class.

[3rd]3rd Place - TXOLAN 2011 - Bred and Owned Yearling - Nice competitive group.

[3rd]3rd Place - TXOLAN 2012 Breeder's Best 3 Buhrman and Vandenbosch

[4th]4th Place - TXOLAN 2012 Large Fawn Halter Class. Judge Amanda Vandenbosch commented that he had the finest fleece and was extremely dense with beautiful crimp. Said that has the youngest in his class, he was still a bit young and "teenage" compared to the older boys.

[2nd]2nd Place - 2010 Hi Plains Alpaca Show - In a very competitive Fawn halter class. Judge Timmerman highlighted his very dense, fine, and consistent fleece architecture.