“Snowmass Pure Passion is the most magnificent light fawn Matrix son Snowmass Alpacas has ever produced.” ~ Snowmass Alpacas LLC. Snowmass Alpacas explained that Snowmass Pure Passion represented 30 years of passion in breeding for the perfect-colored fleece on the most beautiful-bodied alpaca. When Pure Passion was born, they stated that he was one that you could not take your eyes off. His fleece is extraordinarily fine, and gloriously bright, showing consistency of excellence from top to bottom as his pedigree would predict and his histograms reflect. Snowmass Pure Passion was first shown in 2009 at AOBA Nationals where he was awarded 1st place as well as Champion. Making him a 4th generation champion! In 2010, he took a 2nd to his brother Snowmass Matrix Elite in two shows, International Alpaca Odyssey and the Futurity, with the judges stating that Matrix Elite was denser but Pure Passion finer. Correctly so, as you see in his 5th fleece which measures 17.0 AFD. Snowmass Alpacas further stated, "If you asked us to show you what we think an ideal alpaca looks like, we would take you to the pasture to see Snowmass Pure Passion." “Pure Passion is a spectacular fawn herdsire who maintains a superb fine, uniformed fleece. I can’t wait to see what this male puts on the ground.” ~ AOA Judge Kevin O’Leary. 7X BLUE Ribbons for GET of SIRE - This stud will bring success to every aspect of your breeding program! Outstanding conformation Extreme fineness Consistent, dense, bright fleece Proven to produce same characteristics Reproduces in all colors Top 5% EPD's in 2020-2023, FIVE traits in 2021 & 2023 and all 7 in the Top 15%. Pure Passion’s 15.5-year-old histogram results are in! 21.8 AFD 4.0 SD 20.7 SF 18.2% CVD 8.0microns CEM 0.8%<15 96.6 CF 51.7 CRV 37.6 SDC With the fantastic pedigree, fleece, and phenotypical attributes it’s not surprising that he is a cornerstone of Alpaca Country Estate’s breeding program. His prepotent genetics continue to create champion after champion. He has been able to produce true black, silver grey, and rose grey cria! His most noted offspring are Estates Pure Passion Rose Legacy XXX (multi-champion, Futurity Champion, National Invited Champion, and Dark National Supreme Champion) and Estates Passionate Fever (14x Champion, 3x Judges Choice.) He continues to produce champions year after year! In the fall of 2023 Estates Pure Golden Honey and Estates Pure Aleutian both brought home banners! Pure Passion's breedings have now closed. We have selected top quality females to breed to Pure Passion and have select cria available. We also have several extraordinary, beautiful females bred to Pure Passion available for sale.

Patagonia’s Estates Sunrise Serenade is like a breath of fresh air. Serenade has an incredible light brown, bright silky fiber, a gorgeous head, and is well-grown for her age. Amanada VandenBosch evaluated her as an A- when viewing our herd. Her sire, Patagonia’s Ernesto is “the pretty boy” fixer upper. He improves on fleece crimp and uniformity, producing dynamite “best head” for all of his cria, and adding density to the amount of fleece per square inch. He can make anyone’s cria look remarkable! When I first started raising alpacas eleven years ago, it was easy to recognize Ernesto’s cria and I would say, “Oh, that has to be Ernesto’s head,” etc. Ernesto really stamps all of his positive traits onto each of his offspring. Sunrise Serenade’s dam, Patagonia’s Sonrisa is a beautiful looking alpaca who showed as a medium fawn at GWAS, taking 3rd Place. She has traits as a good strong female, making her a “B” female, but bred “right” she can produce an “A” cria. That is what our goal is when selecting who is bred to whom. Serenade’s testing: AFD: 19.0; SD: 4.3; CV: 22.6; %>30: 1.8 (while nursing at 3 ½ years old) Offspring: On 7/1/17, Serenade gave us a marvelous DB female sired by Andean’s Pegasus of Country Estates. Estates Sweet Sandpiper won several ribbons in 2018. On 7/20/18, Serenade presented us with a lovely dark fawn female sired by Patagonia's Antonio. Estates Shebang won 3rd Place at the 2019 A-OK Alpaca Blast Off. On 8/8/19, Serenade gave birth to a gorgeous light fawn female sired by Snowmass Pure Passion. On 12/1/21, Serenade gave us a beautiful light fawn female cria.