Principio is a handsome male who has a gorgeous fleece, a beautiful head, great coverage, density and is phenotypically correct. And don’t take our word for it, the judges agreed since he was an 8 time undefeated halter champion. But it doesn’t stop there, as we all know a herdsire is judged by his offspring and Principio has impressed in this aspect as well. The first five crias of his which we entered in the show ring all won either blues or championships. Now that’s a producer. Principio has quickly established himself as one of our best fleece producers (and that’s saying something) Principio is going to be a great producer for us for years to come!

Congratulations to Amber Autumn Alpacas on their purchase of Tell Blackberry! I need to get out my fiber chart although bay black and true black are very close, but until I checked the Certificate of Registration for Tell Blackberry I have always thought she was a true black. Blackberry had an awesome true black cria last year, and now we have bred Blackberry to the sensational Snowmass Andean Midnight with wonderful fine fiber along with his unique qualities of an outstanding herdsire. Andean's crias are on the ground and you won't believe the gorgeous fiber plus pretty, pretty offspring! Snowmass Andean Midnight offers proven genetics of brightness and handle. This beautiful compact jet true black, silky-soft male holds an outstanding pedigree for fineness. His fiber has a uniform low amplitude high frequency style of crimp. His grandsire is none other than Andean Bronze, the sire of Royal Bronze - from Snowmass' vicuna type alpaca retaining fineness under 20 microns after reaching maturity. This is one of the most important ingredients in breeding elite blacks! In the show ring, Andean was awarded 1st place in AOBA, 2008; 1st place and Reserve Color Champion at IAO, 2007; 2nd place at Futurity, 2007. If you are looking for quality genetics, here is your opportunity! UPDATE!! November 12, 2010 Black female cria!!!