“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.

ESTATES SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY Sentimental Journey's sire is Snowmass Andean Midnight, our dynamite true black male with extreme fineness. 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. Andean Midnight is also sire of 26x champion, Estates Stradivarius! Sentimental Journey's maternal grandsire (out of dam, Cecelia) is the well-known CPeruvian Axtion Jaxon, a non-Fading True Black who won GET OF SIRE at the 2005 Mid America Show competing against two strong whites (a rare winning for a black). Axtion Jaxon passes on color, fineness and tight crimp, and his micron in 2000 was only 18.4! Her maternal granddam Clarisa is a full Peruvian female sired by CPeruvian Black Hawk and has Timoteo and Drambuie in her ancestry. She has medium frequency crimp and an excellent density fleece. Sentimental Journey is passing down those champion genes. Her first pregnancy produced PATAGONIA ESTATES SAKIMA, a multiple blue ribbon winning son out of our Patagonia's Chilkoot. Sakima brought home 6 Black Championships, along with winning numerous Blue Ribbons, and has joined our black breeding program! Offspring: On 6/6/15, Sentimental Journey presented us with PATAGONIA ESTATES SAKIMA, a gorgeous true black male sired by Patagonia's Chilkoot. Sakima has been a member of our 2016 - 2018 show strings and is currently a 6x Black Champion along with winning numerous Blue Ribbons! On 7/4/16, Sentimental Journey gave us a pretty dark brown female also sired by Lennox son, Patagonia's Chilkoot. On 6/14/17, Sentimental Journey gave birth to a lovely true black female, again sired by Patagonia's Chilkoot. On 6/21/18, Sentimental Journey presented us with a beautiful bay black female sired by Estates Satin Cloud, our outstanding true black 8x Champion out of Snowmass Satin Reserve XX! On 6/8/19, Sentimental Journey had a handsome true black male. On 6/23/20, Sentimental Journey gave us an adorable dark brown female sired by our incredible Matrix son, Snowmass Pure Passion. In 2022, Sentimental Journey presented us with a handsome true black male cria.