“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 2020-2024, FIVE traits in 2021-2024 and ALL SEVEN in the Top 11%. 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.

AVA CACTUS 04S Cactus descended from some of the most illustrious Canadian bloodlines. She is the daughter of the Peruvian black champion CAVA Guivir Zorro from Ruth Elvestad's prestigious fiber farm in Alberta, Canada. Zorro is now retired from breeding, which makes this girl's genetics that much more valuable! Her maternal grandsire is CAVA Isaila Valentino. Judge Ken Hibbits awarded Cactus a 2nd Place ribbon at the 2007 ALPACA Northlands show. Offspring: On 9/1/13, Cactus presented us with Color Champion and Blue Ribbon Winner, ESTATES ERNESTO'S KEEP SAKE, a dark brown female sired by our incredible brown herdsire, Patagonia's Ernesto. On 8/30/16, Cactus gave us ESTATES ST CROIX PASSION, a lovely dark fawn female sired by our fantastic fawn herdsire, Snowmass Pure Passion. In 2017, Cactus gave birth to a handsome brown male. In 2018, Cactus gave us a pretty medium fawn female sired by 10x champion, Patagonia's Antonio. In 2019, Cactus presented us with a lovely light fawn female sired by multi-champion, Snowmass Pure Passion.

What a handsome package! This erect, solid frame, large bone male has a beautiful phenotype with fantastic coverage! Then opening up an extremely fine fleece, consistent with uniformity of microns across the blanket is a true joy! Check out Hot Chocolate's DENSITY! Holy Moly! You would have to see the most elite alpaca to compare. Hot Chocolate has TWO traits ranking in the Top 5% EPDs in 2023 and FIVE Traits in the Top 10% EPDs for 2023! MC1R + ASIP Genotype: Ee AA COVID interfered with Hot Chocolate's show career, but that didn't stop him from earning 2x Get of Sire Blue Ribbons for his exceptional progeny! Hot Chocolate is the son of 9x Champion, CCNF Legionnaire, a 5-time Judges Choice winner as well as a Futurity Champion and AOA Reserve Champion. Legionnaire's 2018 micron test was AFD: 17.9 SD: 3.4 CV: 21.2 %>30: 0.5 and mean curvature of 58.6. He passes on amazing fleece traits including superior density to all his offspring. Hot Chocolate’s paternal sibling has the highest density from a skin biopsy ever recorded at 127.2 follicles/mm. CCNF Legionnaire is sporting a very Elite and stunning linage. Hot Chocolate's paternal grandparents are Snowmass Matrix Majesty (Snowmass Matrix X Snowmass Simply Scrumptious) and 10X Champion, CCNF Magdalena (Snowmass Legacy Gold X PPeruvian Jesusa.) His dam, Amber Autumn Holly Ho, won multiple Blue-Ribbons in 2014-2015, as well as 1st place and Reserve Champion at the 2014 Best of the US show. Hot Chocolate's maternal grandsire is a numerous Blue-Ribbon winner, Eclipse Alyst (out of Australian import, Jolimont 2 Peruvian Sweet William). Amber Autumn stated: "We purchased Eclipse Alyst because of his color, pedigree, and incredible dense fleece that has luster, handle, staple length, and very nice fineness. Eclipse always shears our heaviest weighted fleece even at 8 years of age and is still holding his fineness nicely." Hot Chocolate’s first offspring have arrived and while there are only a few, they are gorgeous. We are astounded by their density, glowing brightness, independent bundles and micro-bundling, beautiful crimp and style, uniformity, and extremely fine fiber. In fact, their fleeces each have superior traits in all aspects. This covers beautiful frames with correct conformation, great coverage, and strong bone. Hot Chocolate is also producing offspring usually darker than the dam. The darkest is currently dark brown. We can’t wait to utilize these prepotent genetics next season and see more cria! Watch for his cria in our show-string and contact us for a breeding to create a stunning cria of your own! Award-Winning Offspring: ESTATES GROOM OF THE WEDDING - 4x Champion ESTATES MYSTIC'S GOLDEN GIRL XXX - 1st Place & Reserve Champion, 2025 Wild West Alpaca Show ESTATES GOLDEN SCANDINAVIAN XXX - Many Blue Ribbons! ESTATES VINCENT VAN GOGH - 2nd Place, 2024 AOA National Show