We're so excited to announce that his first cria on the ground was finally old enough to show this season and has been to two shows where he won 2 first place ribbons and a Championship. It makes us feel gret because it affirmed what we were counting on Challenger to do. We'll be adding more girls to his dance card! Wow wow wow...17.0 Microns at 3 years old, Dark Brown AND breeding. If you're looking for an all around gorgeus guy, he's it! He is everything we'd hoped for. He's dense, has a luxurious handle, is wonderfully shiny and has consistent crimp style. He doesn't exhibit any guard hair(primaries)extending beyond the blanket. He's the most incredibly sweet and smart alpaca. He's just a joy to be around. Which makes the fact that he's simply stunning, really exciting! Ron picked out his dam at the Snowmass aution because she was not only an outstanding award winner in both the black halter and fleece categories, but she was bred to one of the most fabulous fawn males around. Snowmass Royal Challanger. Any of you who know Ron, also know that it's rare from him to put his foot down and insist on a dam. But he really wanted us to add Snowmass Morning Moon to our herd and I'm so glad he did! Her Avg. Micron at 4 years old was 20.4 (not bad for a black production dam). Royal Challanger's, (Snowmass Lunar Challanger's sire), crias have been winning big. His 2008 histogram at 6 yrs old is 20.9 4.4 21.1 3.4 49.4. He was the 2004 Futurity Color Champion. Royal Challanger is the son of Snowmass Royal Rose, (dad to XXXtreme and G-Dad to Porteus). But just as exciting is Royal Challanger's dam who we admired from the first moment we saw her. PPPeruvian Edelweis is a grand dam producer of many champions. Royal Challanger consistently passes on his superior phenotype and fleece attributes to his offspring: superb conformation, awesome coverage, fineness, high frequency style crimp, long staple length and beautiful brightness. Take a peak at his listing and you'll see where our guy gets his looks. :) Challenger's crias exhibit supreme shine and a silky dense handle. He throws that typy head style that we love. If you need to improve fleece coverage, head style, consistency, density, secondary to primary ratio, and fineness, while preserving color...Challenger might just be your man. His most recent son just won 1st Place at TXOLAN 2015 in the juvi brown class. This guy definitely needs more crias on the ground!!

Invincibly Fine has produced nothing but the best for us. She has a nice color gene so we actually breed her for color rather than white. Her last cria took 2 blue ribbons and a Championship in his first two shows as a rich chocolate brown. Her cria before that was a blue ribbon winner in the grey classes. We purchased her as much for her dam (mom to Andean Night) as we did for her record setting sire (who sadly has died). Snowmass Alpacas has a lovely description: "Snowmass Invincibly Fine is one of our reserved genetic treasures from Snowmass Invincible and coupled by her dam, 5Peruvian Tapara, a royal fine dark fawn import that we purchased in the 5th Peruvian Import. She is one of the finest in fleece and has followed true to delivery of this through her extraordinary colored cria. Invincibly Fine has proven her name to run through her genetics. Her first son, Snowmass Royal Endurance, is one who will remain in our program as a herdsire....Snowmass Invincibly Fine is a true testament to the ability to produce just what Snowmass Alpacas has worked for over 25 years in Elite Royal Alpaca...This is the hardest thing for us to let go of but at the same time we are very excited for our genetics to be the next breeder's treasures." We always have a fun time deciding who to breed her to. This spring we'll choose from Snowmass Lunar Challenger, Katmandu, or Snowmass Matrix Madness.