We are sad to announce that Daytona passed away this past winter (2023) of unknown causes. His information will continue to be displayed for reference as he has many offspring, including more to come this summer. Daytona's cria have proven just how capable Daytona is at producing black with such a variety of dam colors. We are thrilled with his offspring. They are dense, silky, crimpy, extremely well put together conformationally, and have such lovely presence. In 2016, Daytona produced 5 black, 1 dark grey, and 1 brown cria. Dams ranged in color from black to beige, but most were fawn and brown. Daytona exceeded our expectations. Histograms are showing that Daytona offspring are following in his footsteps - first year results as fine as 15, but averaging 17.5 microns. Excellent uniformity and comfort factor as well with vast improvements in density. The incredibly handsome Crescent Moon's Daytona joined our herd in north central Idaho in 2015. His fiber stats prove that he is holding his uniformity, fineness, and density with a fleece weight of over 5 lbs for his blanket, and 10 lbs overall. He also exhibits wonderful brightness as commented on by the judges. It is inspiring to see these characteristics in true black along with undeniably outstanding conformation. Daytona has acquired an impressive show record: 1st at The Futurity, Color Champion at GWAS, and much more. Daytona excels in many aspects, but what jumps out is his uniformity. When you look at his fleece, you notice (besides his impressive density, brightness, and fineness) that something is missing - guard hair. Daytona's fleece is like glass - absolutely uniform well across the blanket in color (no spots!), silky fineness, crimp, length, density, and lack of guard hair...all the way down the belly! You can see that uniformity in his histograms too with low standard deviation and %>30, even on his adult fleeces. Put that on top of a well-balanced frame and 'look-at-me' presence, and oh boy. Daytona is a product of 3 esteemed breeding programs coming together - Flying Dutchman Alpacas on his sire's side (sire: Skywalker by Poseidon of FDA), Fir Cove Alpacas on his dam's (dam: Fir Cove Bonita), and Crescent Moon bringing it all together with their stamp of approval. Take a look at the plethora of Accoyo bloodlines - PCA Accoyo El Nino, Caligula's Accoyo Poseidon - and well-known color producers such as PPeruvian Victor. Examples of Daytona offspring available for sale now: 1 black proven herdsire - National Champion, AHarmony's Nocino 1 beautiful brown extremely fine and dense female - Sweet Pines' Manzanita 1 very dense maiden (bred) true black female - Sweet Pines Regal

Avanti is one of our retired mamas now. She will make an excellent pasture pet. She did extremely well in our herd during her productive years! Avanti's 2012 cria, a male out of the genetically revered Snwomass XXXtreme Flare, is Flare's Incan Nightfire (FIN). He is a unique and gorgeous dark taupe color with a fleece champion ribbon & halter blue ribbon. Check out his fineness on his webpage - amazing for a grey! He is proven and available for outside breedings. In 2016, Avanti produced another FIN, only female this time and out of the black multi-champion Crescent Moon's Daytona. Her name is AHarmony's Mandala and she is stunning! She produced her first daughter in 2019 - a really beautifully fleeced fawn named River. Avanti's fleece is fantastic, uniform all the way down to her belly with crimp, fineness, density, color. Her dam is very consistently producing exceptional offspring. In fact, both Avanti's dam and sire are CHAMPIONS! Makella, her dam, won Reserve Champion for her fleece at Showcase in 2007. And in 2008 she got 2nd at Nationals (fleece) at 4 years old. She also has first place ribbons for halter from big shows such as GWAS. Avanti's sire, Hudson Hawk, is a gorgeous and successful black stud producing fineness and passing on his fantastic crimp. He won many championships during his show years and is maintaining his fineness and other desirable fleece characteristics. In 2008 we wrote, "She is going to produce an elite fleece come shearing next year" and boy did she! Her fleece won fawn COLOR CHAMPION at the Level 4 AFCNA Continental Fleece Show. Judge Wade Gease wrote, "Beautiful Appeal - Bright & Stylish to tip!" Then in May 2010 she got 1st place at Nationals! Both Avanti's dam and sire have maintained extremely fine fleeces well into adulthood (Makella's is 21 at almost 6 years old, Hudson Hawk's is 22 at 5 years old), giving Avanti a good chance of producing a highly usable elite fleece throughout her life. If that's not enough, Avanti produces an abundance of milk and is a wonderful mother. We couldn't ask for anything more. Avanti's top Peruvian genetics include Royal Fawn, Peruvian Augusto, El Moustachio, Don Julio, and Show Me the Money!

Flare is throwing his straight, attractive conformation and those awesome genetics are shining through! Flare's first son, Flare's Incan Nightfire, is an extremely fine champion grey and now has award-winning offspring of his own on the ground. We have found some of the finest and most revered color genetics in the industry. SNOWMASS XXXTREME FLARE was the premier purchase for the International Alpaca Odyssey auction and we are so excited to get him into our breeding program. Thank you, Don & Julie Skinner of Snowmass Alpacas, for donating him to the IAO in 2010. ****GENETICS**** SNOWMASS XXXTREME FLARE has the following champion stud line genetics: Grandsire: SNOWMASS PERUVIAN CASANOVA - Herdsire of the Year and high selling grey male. Grandsire: SNOWMASS XXXTREME - Futurity Herdsire of the Year 2 years in a row. Highest selling male Futurity 2007. Sire: SNOWMASS INCAN KING XXX - This is where it gets even more exciting. Snowmass Incan King was Color Champion at Futurity, IAO, and AOBA Nationals. He was slated to become a key stud at Snowmass when renowned British & AOBA judge Nick Harrington Smith took a great interest in him. Incan King is now a leading colored stud in the UK. AND....Snowmass XXXtreme Flare is one of ONLY 2 sons out of Snowmass Incan King XXX to be born in the US. 3/4 brother: SNOWMASS PORTEUS - leading Futurity Champion stud Dam: SNOWMASS CASANOVA'S CRESCENDA - Snowmass considers Crescenda to be their "#1 Casanova daughter of all time." She has produced herdsire after herdsire. Her fiber stats have been amazing: 1st year - 14.7 microns, 2nd year - 17.4 microns, 4th year - 20.9 microns, 6th year - 21.3 microns! Incredible for a bay black. She won FIRST PLACE at both AWE and AOBA Fleece Shows. SNOWMASS XXXTREME FLARE can advance your color fleeces to the finest levels.