Snowmass Alpacas 2014 Sale & Symposium

May 8-11, 2014

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First Place – Get of Sire

Elite White Fleece

Herdsires Snowmass Quechua

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Snowmass Elite Legend, sire to Snowmass Defiance

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Welcome Be the Captain of Your Breeding Program

This year Snowmass Alpacas, with guest participants Pucara International and Snowmass Midwest and a host of industry experts, will further its mission to enlighten the alpaca breeding community with tried-and-true methods of success in the alpaca business.

Navigating Through the Turbulent Changes in the Industry

The alpaca industry is moving into a market that is based on proven commercial values and less about fancy breeding collectibles. We will help you understand the value of your alpaca and how your breeding program is reflected in your fleece harvest. We will share how your fleece harvest can lead to solid income via valuable end product developments.

Charting Your Course We will help you understand the need to breed for strict directives and that culling of herds is an essential element in every strong, developing livestock industry. We endeavor to keep only the genetics that are proving to establish measurable values within our breeding programs.

We understanding there is no waste and much value to be found in every aspect of breeding alpacas.

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For more information on any animals, please contact: Julie Skinner: (208) 290-1588

Lori Rust (208) 986-8391

Don Skinner: (208) 290-1488

Kevin O’Leary (503) 616-6010

Al Cousill (503) 312-6774 (503) 843-3939 For more information, visit: www.SnowmassInternational.com www.SnowmassAlpacas.com www.pucara-alpacas.com

Snowmass Auction offers two types of proxy bidding: 1) Private “live” bidding 2) Not-to-exceed bids Telephone bidding must be scheduled by 10:30 a.m. Pacific time on Friday May 9, 2014. (208) 263-3301

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Schedule of Events

earn firsthand the values of long-time alpaca breeding programs of Snowmass Alpacas and Pucara International with many guests and a wide variety of experience in the alpaca industry. EVERYTHING ALPACA from breeding to health, nutrition, shearing, sorting, grading and end-product productions.

May 8, 2014 Thursday

9:30 a.m. Registration opens 10 a.m. Introduction and Orientation of Ranch and Events.

10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

ONGOING SEMINARS • Snowmass shearing, floor skirting and fleece-throwing techniques with Eddie Dunham and Snowmass Crew • Skin biopsy testing methods demonstrated by Norm Evans and Snowmass Crew • Snowmass table skirting-sampling-grading and preparation for show or bale with Julie Skinner and open discussion with Alonso Burgos, Lynn Edens, Eric Hoffman and other alpaca experts • Experience the journey of Snowmass Alpaca’s fiber traveling to various world mills and productions from all grades of their herds, with shearing that results in valued and unique products.

• Understand unique properties of alpaca fiber, its connection to the vicuña and ancient alpacas, art and science of improving fiber through genetics and evaluation methods with Eric Hoffman • Husbandry techniques: nutrition, vaccinations, deworming and more with Dr. Bob Stoll and Jerry Legard of Buchanan Cellars • Experience the breathtaking boutique of haute couture – Suri garments that hold this fiber in the highest esteem.

• Suri fleece production values as described by textile experts and esteemed Suri breeders with Karl and Jan Heinrich, Claudia Raessler,

Molly Gardner, Alan Cousil, and Jude Anderson

4:45 to 6:45 p.m. Meet & Greet cocktails and hors d’oeuvres

May 9, 2014 Friday 9 a.m. Registration opens 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Presentations

• Claudia Raessler from Saco River Dye House • Karl and Jan Heinrich of New Era Fiber on exquisite garments • Molly Gardner all the way from New Zealand’s Thistledown • Lynn Edens of Our Back 40 • Raja Bhattacharya of Kumari Rugs • Alonso Burgos of Incalpaca Kuna Productions

1:30 p.m. Lunch is served 2:30 p.m. AUCTION BEGINS After lottery auction tour and announcements

May 10, 2014 Saturday

9 a.m. Registration opens 9 a.m. Lottery sale begins Noon Lunch BBQ 12:30 p.m. Lottery winners announcement begins ONGOING SEMINARS THROUGH THE DAY • Experience breathtaking boutique of haute couture – Suri garments • Open discussion with Suri textiles and yarns and Pucara International • Evaluate the ASR Royal Grades of alpaca fleece with Alonso Burgos, Bob Weintraub, Lynn Edens and more.

• Experience global products produced directly from Snowmass Alpaca fleece production • The art of improving fiber and understanding the values of Incan alpacas as they relate to the vicuña with Eric Hoffman • Bob and Erin Weintraub of Maine Top Mill, working with Rambouillet and now, for the first time, alpaca • Alpaca nutrition, the science of feeding ruminants and some amazing preventative and curative formulas developed by Jerry Legard of Buchanan Cellars • Dr. Norm Evans on skin biopsy testing • Alpaca La Vienda Rob Stephens of Rob Asia Alpacas, a viable meat industry

5 p.m. BBQ

May 11, 2014 Sunday 9 a.m. Open lottery ONGOING EVENTS FOR THE DAY

• Shearing, floor skirting and fleece-throwing techniques with Snowmass and Pucara • Skin biopsy testing presentation by Dr. Norm Evans • Sorting, grading and sampling of sold alpacas with new owners • Evaluate and learn to bail the ASR royal grades of alpaca fleece with Alonso Burgos, Bob Weintraub, Lynn Edens and more • Bob Weintraub of Maine Top Mill looking ahead with pure alpaca and pure alpaca textiles • What we must think about as we move into the direction of commercial production of royal grade alpaca textiles in the United States • Ongoing open discussion with alpaca experts

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Presenters’ Bios Raja Bhattacharya Owner, Kumari Rugs www.kumarirugs.com

Raja Bhattacharya is the owner of Kumari Rugs, a leading provider of high-end home furnishing items from Nepal, his native country.

Headquartered in Bowling Green, Kentucky, the company focuses primarily on manufacturing and distributing handmade home furnishing items. Raja has been involved in manufacturing and distributing high-end home furnishing items from Nepal since 2005. Kumari Rugs puts a strong emphasis on quality and uniqueness into its products. Due to the handmade nature, no two Kumari products are alike. That is the beauty of what Kumari Rugs does. On behalf of Kumari Rugs, Raja facilitated the partnership with Snowmass Alpacas in providing alpaca fibers to Nepal for handmade rug and tapestry production. This is the first time alpaca fiber has been exported from the United States to Nepal for handmade rug and tapestry production.

Raja is also an avid outdoor enthusiast and currently also serves as an executive in residence for the Western Kentucky University Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

Michael D. Bishop, Ph.D.

MB Genetics, Inc. owner Michael D. Bishop, Ph.D. received a Bachelor of Science from North Dakota State University at Fargo in animal science.

Bishop earned a Master of Science and a doctorate in quantitative genetics and statistics with an emphasis in molecular genetics and animal breeding from The Ohio State University. He and his wife, Barbara, breed and market Southdown sheep and Angus cattle seedstock as MB Genetics, Inc., applying several advanced genetic and reproductive tools in their breeding programs (AI, ET, IVF, Sexed Semen, EPDs, Genomic Analysis, Pedigree line breeding). Bishop is currently employed as a member of the Agrigenomics Market Development team for Illumina, Inc. (ILMN), in San Diego; a company that specializes in Next Generation Sequencing and Microarray technologies for use in humans, animals and microbes.

Alpaca LaViante: The intellectual and emotional process of culling and marketing for consumption. Comparisons of beef, pork and lamb quality standards influencing palatability. Market pricing as it applies to the future of alpaca as a meat source.

Lynn Edens

A passionate fiber artist, Lynn Edens came to alpaca breeding by way of her love of their extraordinary fiber and its unique characteristics. She was further energized by the discovery that the very finest alpaca fiber often failed to find a market due to the challenges of processing it, and that what did find its way into yarn and other products was often processed in a way that did not

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show its premium characteristics to best advantage. When she met a like-minded mill owner, Pam Pullins, they collaborated to design, produce and distribute alpaca yarns that showcase the best fiber that American breeders could offer, an effort that resulted in the establishment of the premium yarn company, Our Back 40. Our Back 40’s presence in the marketplace has begun to attract the attention of small scale U.S. knitwear manufacturers that have not found an opportunity to work with American alpaca before, and helping these companies access and profit from the high-quality alpaca fiber produced in this country will be a top priority of Lynn’s going forward.

In addition to Our Back 40, Lynn operates Little Creek Farm Alpacas.

Norm Evans

Norm Evans received his DVM degree from Auburn University in 1968. He started a mixed practice which became a five-person practice. He did embryo transfer in cattle for eight years and has done camelids for 25 years. Since 1996, his practice has been 100 percent camelid. He is the author of three editions of “The Alpaca Field Manual.” While retired from active practice, he still works full-time with field research of alpaca fiber production based on genetics and nutrition as measured by the skin biopsy and histogram.

His presentation relates his findings of male and female genetic traits and how these traits may be altered by the water and forage consumption. How scale, secondary/primary fiber variation and medullation seems to affect brightness, luster, fineness and handle will be discussed.

Molly Gardner

Molly lives in Le Bons Bay, New Zealand. She and her family own and run Thistledown Suri Stud, specializing in black Suri alpacas. Molly is actively involved in the Alpaca Association of New Zealand and sits on the Showing and Judging subcommittee. She is passionate about Suri fiber and is at the forefront of the emerging Suri fiber industry in Australia and New Zealand. Molly has been a qualified alpaca judge since 2009.

She has many published articles on Suri and continues to champion the luxurious, unique and rare Suri fiber.

She was an active participant in the Surrisimo Ballisimo project where Suri cloth grown by Australian and New Zealand breeders was made into haute couture fashion garments spotlighted at the prestigious New Zealand National Fashion Week. She is currently involved in a similar New Zealand project “Rumplestiltskin” again turning selectively grown Suri fleece into high fashion cloth.

Alonso Burgos Hartley Born: Arequipa, Peru (1958) Studied: Grinnell College, Iowa Married to: Isabel Olivares Sons: Patricio, Martin

POSITIONS: • Manager International Alpaca Association • Director of Inca Pro-Alpaca and Colca Foundations • Manager PROALSA, Grupo Inca´s Alpaca Fiber Purchasing Company • Manager Peruvian Alpaca Consortium, Live Alpaca Exporting Company • Director General of Grupo Inca’s Vicuña Project • President and Creator of Alpaca Fiesta, 1997 and 2000 • Manager Alpaca111 • General Manager of PACOMARCA, Grupo Inca’s Experimental Alpaca Farm & Company • President of the Private Peruvian Alpaca Registry • Chairman Colca Lodge

Karl & Jan Heinrich 3-D “Whole Garment” Knitwear

Karl and Jan started Long Hollow Suri Alpacas in 2002 and purchased New Era Fiber in 2005. Since then they have been processing alpaca and llama fiber for hundreds of breeder clients from nearly every state including Alaska. With the help of six, full-time employees, they annually process about 6,000 pounds of alpaca fiber into yarn, processing 100 percent Suri and Huacaya for machine knitting of designer clothing. In 2011 while touring the winners of the AOBA Student Design competition through the mill and farm, they were introduced to the concept of 3-D knitting by Holly Henderson from FITNY. Now they are also a supply chain partner with Holly’s company, Simply Natural Clothing LLC in New York.

Eric Hoffman

Eric has made more than 100 presentations both nationally and internationally. Eric will be speaking on unique properties of alpaca fiber, its connection to the vicuña, its astounding development by ancient South American cultures and today’s state-of-the-art techniques in improving fiber through genetics, accurate evaluation and sound goals to create a truly superior product.

• Co-creator of The Alpaca Registry • Principal author of “The Complete Alpaca Book: Revised Second Edition” • Co-author of “The Alpaca Book” with Murray Fowler DVM • Founding and only editor of The Alpaca Registry Journal • One of the principal creators of the Alpaca Registry Screening Program

• Recognized authority on alpacas in North and South America, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe

Jerry Legard

Jerry Legard has been the owner of Buchanan-Cellers since 1979. He grew up on a wheat and cattle ranch in Montana and graduated from Eastern Montana College in 1966. Jerry entered the feed business in 1970 after serving as a supply corps officer in the U.S. Navy. As a store manager, sales person, area supervisor and assistant general manager for Albers Milling Company, a division of Carnation Co., he developed a passion for improving livestock nutrition. This passion and curiosity brought him into contact with experts in the fields of medicine, enzymes, probiotics, herbs and nutrition. With their input, Buchanan-Cellers has been successful in improving nutritional outcomes in a wide variety of species including his favorite – alpacas.

Claudia Raessler

Claudia Raessler is a founding investor in Alpaca United with a passion and vision for the fiber and the textile side of alpaca farming. In 2010 she helped define and form Alpaca United, believing U.S. alpaca breeders can play a role in the national and international luxury textile market. She along with her husband, Ken, raise Suri alpacas in Maine. The Farm is a member of the Alpaca Registry, the Suri Network and the National Textile Association.

In combining her legal background with an emphasis on tax-exempt organizations and business transactions within the alpaca world, she has had the chance to “think outside the box” and play a role in helping address a number of challenging yet rewarding industry issues. They have purchased and are running the Saco River Dyehouse, a yarn dyeing plant operating in a historic mill building in Biddeford, Maine.

Rob Stephens

Rob spent 30 plus years building a highly successful custom injection molding business with his father, mother and two brothers. In 2010 Rob and his brothers sold their business, and Rob chose to devote himself full-time to their growing alpaca business. Rob and his wife, Joanna, own and operate RobAsia Alpaca Ranch LLC and call 75 acres in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, home. Purchasing their first alpacas in 2005, they have grown their herd to nearly 100 high-quality alpacas. In 2013 Rob founded Alpaca Meat USA LLC, supplying gourmet restaurants as well as the public with high-quality alpaca meat products.

• Evaluator of 15,000 alpacas for registries around the world • Two-term founding president of the Alpaca Owners & Breeders Association

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Snowmass Alpacas Genetics by DesiGn THREE DECADES OF ALPACA BREEDING

Don and Julie Nick, Maree, David and Heidi Skinner

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Jim and Diane Otis ooking back into the history of alpaca breeding, from the early Incan civilization up to the modern day, we can see that there has been a long-standing goal to improve the elemental fleece traits of the alpaca in order to adapt to the ever-evolving demand for luxurious alpaca textiles.

Since the inception of Snowmass Alpacas in 1984, our breeding directive has been to develop a herd of consistent quality and quantity fiber production animals.

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Initially we sought to breed specifically for “fineness of fleece” as this was the most valued measurement of quality in the early days of the industry. Over the years in our pursuit of “fineness of fleece,” we have also gained an appreciation for a variety of other important fleece elements.

It is commonly known that the majority of alpacas have relatively fine fleece in the first year of their growth, but there is a great propensity for an increase in micron count in each successive year of their development.

As we watch the world market for alpaca textiles expand, we are learning more about the essential elements that contribute to the commercial value of alpaca fiber. Namely, these elements are fineness, consistency of fineness and fleece brightness.

These aspects are those that we believe should be especially emphasized going into the future of alpaca breeding.

Come Select your ideal herdsire

We have been diligently working to understand the factors that influence this micron increase by asking important questions and conducting research. How much of this effect is brought on by environmental exposures? How much is influenced by genetic factors? Are there other aspects we are overlooking?

Along with changes in fineness that come with age, there are also dramatic changes in the style and dynamics of the alpaca’s primary and secondary fibers. Scientific resources alongside regular fleece sampling and husbandry records have been key in the evolution of improving our breeding selection process over the years.

Each alpaca in the Snowmass herd is grid sampled as a cria, and then sampled yearly for AFD-, SD, CV, % >30, curvature, staple length, and skirted prime blanket weight. As we work more with these specific fiber elements that ultimately enhance the quality of alpaca textiles, our breeding directives are becoming increasingly clear.

Other physical characteristics such as the head, ears, eyes, muzzle, bite, topline, genitalia and balance, all contribute to overall conformation quality of the alpaca.

Our concept of the ideal alpaca is based on fleece characteristics proven by science alongside an aesthetic value in the alpaca that is recognizable in its conformation.

This year we will be involving our most prized production genetics in a specific follicle testing procedure with Dr. Norm Evans. This testing will facilitate a better understanding of what is happening at the follicular level with the four main fleece styles we have identified and are now specifically breeding for.

Dr. Evans will be sharing this procedure and his testing methods during the May 8-11, 2014, symposium at the Snowmass Alpacas Ranch.

This balance of art and science we pride in our breeding programs is precisely what we wish to share with fellow breeders.

At the symposium you can experience product lines we have produced from our fiber (of all grades), as well as learn about exciting new textiles being produced from both Huacaya and Suri alpacas. You can see firsthand the Snowmass shearing system in action and converse with renowned breeders from around the globe.

This is a rare opportunity to acquire the most advanced Huacaya and Suri alpaca genetics available in the world from Snowmass Alpacas and Pucara International.

The key to ALPACA becoming a viable, global commodity is having known quantities of quality genetics to create consistent herds that produce consistently fine ALPACA fiber.

We strongly believe that there cannot be too many superior alpacas! If you are dedicated to creating a herd of superior alpacas to support the global demands for royal alpaca fiber, please join us this May at the Snowmass Ranch in the beautiful panhandle of northern Idaho.

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Peru Update

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Snowmass Alpacas: Visionaries in Royal Alpaca Production

nowmass Alpacas has reached a 30-year goal with more than 90 percent of the Snowmass herd possessing tested fleeces of Super Royal (13-17), Royal (18-19) and Baby Grade (20-22.5).

The Snowmass herd is world renowned as an example of some of the finest animals alive. Their health, vigor, beauty and beautiful phenotypes are truly remarkable. Their luxuriant fiber is avidly sought after by other top breeders and, most especially, textile manufacturers. Each and every year, the Snowmass herd becomes finer, more advanced and more admired.

The demand and understanding for FINENESS and bright, elite alpaca fiber is now one of the guiding principles for breeders.

Snowmass Alpacas has been selectively breeding for 30 years to acquire solid, proven genetics for FINENESS, BRIGHTNESS, UNIFORMITY and CONSISTENCY of fleece.

Alonso Burgos, manager of PROALSA & Grupo Inca Alpaca Fiber Purchasing Company of Peru, first reported after a long journey that the five Royal bales of fiber from the United States had arrived.

Soon they were brought to their sorting room, weighed and sorted. Details were announced in Phoenix, Arizona, at the Making of Champions Winners’ Circle Sale February 24-25, 2012.

Alonso describes the process: “We have finished working with your fiber at the sorting plant.

Already I can tell you that, in the more than 50 years we have in the business, we have never seen a brighter nor a more uniform alpaca lot at the sorting plant. It was a really extraordinary event to see

Snowmass fiber in skirting table being inspected

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Snowmass Alpaca herd shorn and fleece prepared by Julie Skinner

the sorting ladies going over your material and being amazed over the brightness of the material. The plans to include your material on the special edition of fine textiles we will do, together with the winners of the nationwide alpaca fleece contest, are still in place.

“The usual ‘waste’ as noils when we process fine fiber as yours on the combing machines is between 8 percent and 10 percent.

The Snowmass fiber was only a bit over 5 percent. This means that your fiber was not only long enough but also strong. People at the plant were also impressed by the whiteness of colour and the shine.

“These are all initial thoughts only, but it is very, very clear that this product is absolutely unique in many respects and that

Snowmass bales being unloaded

Bales with proper government import papers for port entry

precisely it is this fact that makes it so attractive. For one thing, this is the very first time in history (with the small exception of a small trial lot from Pacomarca) that the production of a single alpaca breeder has been turned into finished product of the highest quality possible with all the data and history of the project well documented. ...What a powerful story!!!”

This year we are putting together a bale as close to Super Royal as we can as well as a TRUE Royal bale of fiber under 17 micron.

Julie Skinner responds: “The advancements in alpaca are extraordinary and Royal alpaca fleece is taking the industry to new levels across the world. With the struggles of global economy, we have seen some shifts in the industry. Struggling breeders need to remain hopeful in knowing that there is indeed a growing demand for fine alpaca and fine alpaca genetics.

“As finer and brighter advanced alpaca fiber comes into play, the industry shifts into greater demands for alpaca. There is a healthy, global incentive to continue to advance the breed of alpaca so that we can fulfill the growing demand for the finest alpaca fleece. We hope that the United States continues to shine and be a leader in this effort of creating some of the best-known alpaca genetics in the world.”

Washed Snowmass fiber

The first Snowmass textiles in production

Snowmass fiber being sorted

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Nepal Update

Sumptuous Fiber – Extraordinary Rewards!

After a long journey from the bailing room of Snowmass Alpacas in Sandpoint to the high Himalayas of Nepal, our first hand-knotted sample rugs made exclusively from Snowmass Alpaca fiber have arrived.

They are everything we expected and more.

This is the first time that the Nepalese people have ever worked with alpaca. This is a historic moment for “alpaca” and the beginning of a wonderful relationship.

Please read more below to get the full story on the process of making these beautiful handmade rugs.

If you are interested in prices and ordering one of the treasured, collectible Snowmass-Kumari Alpaca wool rugs please e-mail us info@snowmassalpacas.com.

Snowmass Alpacas partners with Kumari Rugs Snowmass Alpacas formed a partnership with Kumari Rugs and Tapestries in the first production line of Nepalese and Tibetan, alpaca hand-knotted rugs and tapestries. The journey began with a load of 24 precious Snowmass bales weighing 6,480 pounds being shipped from Sandpoint, Idaho, USA to Nepal.

• The bales were loaded onto a truck container and then sealed at the Snowmass Alpaca Ranch, Sandpoint, Idaho in the fall of 2012.

• They were then transported by truck container to Los Angeles.

• When they arrived in Los Angeles, the container was loaded in a shipping vessel and was transported across the Pacific Ocean to the port of Singapore.

• After the container arrived in Singapore, the vessel was further transferred to the port of Kolkata, India by sea.

• After it arrived in Kolkata, India, and cleared Indian customs, the bales were transferred by rail to Birgunj, Nepal. After clearing Nepalese customs, the bales were loaded into a truck and transferred to Kathmandu, Nepal.

• The fiber then arrived in Kirtipur, a suburb of the capital city of Kathmandu and a historic, ethnic Newar community.

About Snowmass and Kumari Rugs and Tapestries These spectacular alpaca rugs and tapestries are handmade in Nepal by Nepalese and Tibetan artisans. This is the first time Tibetan-style rugs and tapestries have been introduced in alpaca fibers. For many centuries, Tibetans have been weaving rugs for use in their homes as bed sets; as saddle blankets for horses; carpets for prayer halls, huge pillar covers and wall hangings in the monasteries, etc. Thus, rugs have formed an integral part in the lives of Tibetans as they endure harsh weather conditions in the vast and high plateau of Tibet.

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After the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1959, hundreds of thousands of Tibetans escaped and took refuge in parts of India and Nepal. Gradually, they settled and formed communities all across the region; with their propensity for trade and their amiable nature, they blended in cordially with the native inhabitants of Nepal and India. Pretty soon, bustling bazaars and lively neighborhoods began springing up with the distinct flair of Tibetan hospitality and cultural identity. Under the leadership of their charismatic and revered leader, the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan refugees extended their culture and tradition into a means of livelihood with professions ranging from sculpting and architecture to painting and weaving. Among these, the art of rug weaving proved beneficial for many Tibetans who were skilled and well-

Advantages of Tibetan Hand-knotted Rugs and Tapestries from Nepal • Made with natural fibers • The entire process is completed by hand with each knot tied • Can serve as a great insulator and noise reducer • Repels dirt and is easy to clean • Hand-knotted rugs and tapestries are like pieces of art that you can pass on to the next generation • Each hand-knotted rug and tapestry is unique – a one of a kind • Unlike machine-made rugs and tapestries, hand-knotted products provide great value and will last a lifetime as heirloom pieces • Each handmade rug and tapestry has a story

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versed in that area of trade. Thus, Himalayan rugs were introduced to Nepal.

The first Tibetan settlers started selling their rugs, either antique or otherwise, to curious tourists. While earning their livelihood

with different art skills in a new land, these hard-working Tibetan refugees received the support of the Swiss government to begin a cottage industry in rug weaving in the early 1960s. The intent was to sell rugs to the growing tourist trade in Nepal.

The rugs produced were hand carded, hand spun and hand trimmed using only traditional designs in smaller sizes. This process of rug making still continues today in Nepal.

In the late 1970s, German rug dealers came to Nepal and began purchasing rugs in larger sizes and in volume. Subsequently, the German market became the hub of distribution for unique Tibetan rugs throughout Europe. Due to the high demand of European buyers in the mid-1980s, Tibetan rug production in Nepal became the nation’s second-largest industry.

Later, leading U.S. importers began to buy Tibetan rugs made in Nepal, with specific design and colors for the U.S. market. The rug industry in Nepal has come a long ways from its early days of small bazaar sales to the large-scale, industrial production of today. At present, Tibetan rugs have become a leading commodity within the handmade, floor-covering market in both Europe and the United States; it still continues to grow with fame and popularity in other parts of the world.

We at Snowmass Alpacas are excited and proud to be the first to introduce alpaca fibers to the people of Nepal and Tibet for their craft.

Ultimately, this partnership will send a long-lasting message to the world through the beautiful pieces these artisans will create.

Please stay tuned for updates on the progress of the Snowmass/ Kumari project.

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Pucara International

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Pucara International Alan Cousill and Jude Anderson.

Proud Alpaca breeders since 1991.

l and Jude have raised alpacas since 1991, owned alpacas in the U.S. since 1995 and farmed them here since 2001. They bring a unique perspective because of their Australian heritage and because their sole source of income is from farming alpacas. They want to drive the fledgling alpaca industry to understand that success can only be achieved if U.S. alpaca fiber produces high-quality products that provides both grower and manufacturer enough to sustain livelihoods and maintain the integrity of the breed in the eye of the consumer.

1994, they attended the 2P Import sale at Charlevoix, Michigan, where they met the Snowmass family and instantly knew they shared common ideas on most things alpaca!

It has been a continual quest, perhaps

Jude is an AAA (Australia) certified judge since 1998 and gained AOBA certification in 2002 and Senior Judge and Judge Trainer/ Instructor status in 2005. She also certified at the IAJS school in Peru in 2000. Since 1998 Jude has judged in Australia, USA, Canada, New Zealand and the UK. That included judging national shows in Australia, New Zealand and, of course, the US. Jude has also conducted seminars and spoken in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA, UK and Germany on topics including breeding, reproduction and alpaca husbandry, alpaca fiber, selection, genetics, and nutrition.

Jude, along with other AOBA-certified judges Mike Safley, Amanda VandenBosch and Cheryl Gehly, co-authored “The Art and Science of Alpaca Judging.”

Pucara has always kept a keen focus on Suri textile relevance.

It is time to look beyond the show system and realize the best Suri product is to be celebrated!

The 2014 Breeders Symposium will feature some of the most breathtaking product Suri enthusiasts would want to see. Al and Jude have assembled a boutique of haute couture Suri garments that hold the fiber in the highest esteem. This stunning display will show there is weight behind the traditional commercial belief that if there is product of high quality in design and textile merit, then margins will allow Suri breeders and mill owners to pursue the further advancement of the breed.

Pucara International finds cloth and garments made here in the United States and from overseas in New Zealand, Australia and Peru that hold testament to the beauty of Suri.

This boutique collection validates the claim by Pucara International that indeed Suri is truly exotic and offers breeders the chance to grow something that is unique and wonderful for financial gain.

It is this philosophy that underlies the affinity with Don and Julie at Snowmass Alpacas, with whom they have co-owned alpacas at times and been friends and clients since 1994.

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an addiction, to produce Suris of high value here in the United States. To that end Al and Jude have sourced U.S. bred Suri lines to complement and advance their herd. Al and Jude will be the first to admit that if it were not for the generous participation of valued partners like Britt and Patty Hasselbring with whom they co-own The Suri Stud Stable, and Jack and Kelly Armstrong of the former Latah Creek fame and who now partner in the Pucara PureSuri herd, most of this would not be possible. And one last shout out for their great mates Steve and Laura Hall at Buzz n Hum Alpacas and Margaret Ann White at Willamina Creek Farm who Al and Jude believe own the best small Suri herds in the country!

At this year’s Snowmass Genetics Advancement Sale, every member of the Pucara International 2014 show team will be available for your acquisition.

The key to ALPACA becoming a viable global commodity is having known quantities of superior genetics to produce consistent herds producing consistently fine ALPACA fiber.

This is a rare opportunity to acquire the most advanced Huacaya and Suri alpaca genetics available in the world from Snowmass Alpacas and Pucara International.

Pucara International Show Achievements

Featured Pucara Suri Male Lot No. 12 Chakotah’s Wyuna

• Futurity Reserve Light Herdsire of the Year – Pucara Kahuna • Five times Futurity Light Herdsire of the Year – Pucara Kahuna • Futurity Two times Dark Herdsire of the Year – Chakotah of CCR Suris • Futurity Dark Herdsire of the Year – LCA Huckleberry de Latah • They achieved what no other Suri breeder has done – winning Light and Dark Herdsire of the Year with different males, in both 2012 and 2013!

• Pucara International stud males have won Get of Sires from the Nationals to the Futurity, GWAS, NWAS, IAO, AWE and CABA with light and dark color. These are the only shows Pucara International has participated in each year.

• The proudest “get” win was at the 2013 Futurity when Kahuna won the light, Chakotah won the dark and Wyuna was runner up in the dark Get of Sire class!

• Awards include Produce of Dam, Bred and Owned Yearling, countless Championships and Reserve Championships.

• Pucara Suris have also won Judges’ Choice at Futurity, Nationals, GWAS, CABA and IAO. • In 2013 they took out several Suri Network championships, plus Judges Choice Award. See Pucara Pure Suri Royal Silk in the Genetic Advancement sale.

Justin Timm Auction Service

Justin Timm has been attending auctions his entire life and always felt drawn to the “cry” of the auctioneer. Justin received his first formal auctioneering education at Continental Auction School in Mankato, Minnesota. He is a qualified bid caller, ring man, online auction facilitator and full-service sale organizer.

Justin brings great energy to any events he auctioneers. He has been working with both llama and alpaca events for many years. We met Justin at the International Alpaca Odyssey show where he and Alan Cousill teamed up for the charity Herdsire Auction. They did a fantastic job, and everyone had a great time.

We hoped to try something new this year so have hired the Justin and Alan team to what we will hope to be another successful and fun event for everyone.

Alan Cousill (Snowmass Genetic Advancement Color

commentator for both the Bidding Auction and Lottery Auction in conjunction with Auctioneer Justin Timm) Alan Cousill has worked as color commentator for Snowmass Auctions twice. His background in understanding the genetic components of Snowmass and Pucara breeding program are essential to his ability to commentate. We love Alan’s colorful accent and personality. We are delighted to have him return.

Alan and his wife, Jude Anderson, own Pucara Alpaca Stud in Australia. Alan sat on the Aussie AAA National Committee for three years and chaired both the National Show and Sale committee and the National Conference. Before coming to the United States, he had also conducted alpaca marketing and sales seminars in Queensland, New South Wales, Western Australia, Canberra, Tasmania and Victoria. He also chaired the National Marketing committee and sat on the show and import screening committees.

Alan, the 2013 president of Columbia Alpaca Breeders Association, has helped organize many successful U.S. alpaca events.

AuCTION BIddING INFORMATION: For more information on any animals, please contact: Snowmass Alpacas 270 Rapid Lightning Road Sandpoint, ID 83864 (208) 263-3300 (208) 263-3301 Julie Skinner (208) 290-1588

Don Skinner (208) 290-1488 Kevin O’Leary (603) 616-6010 Lori Rist (208) 946-8391 Alan Cousill (503) 312-6774 (503) 843-3939 Justin Timm (503) 475-5997

Visit: www.SnowmassAlpacas.com www. SnowmassInternational.com Snowmass offers two types of proxy bidding: 1) Private “live” bidding 2) Not-to-exceed bids

Telephone bidding must be scheduled by 10:30 a.m.

Pacific Time on Friday, May 9, 2014.

Please contact: Don Skinner (208) 290-1488 Kevin O’Leary (603) 616-6010 Lori Rist (208) 946-8391 Alan Cousill (503) 312-6774 (503) 843-3939

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Lot No. 1

SnowmassRoyal Incan & Snowmass Heaven-Sent

Snowmass Royal Incan CIS: 4867 ARI: 32735000 Male, Beige Sire: Snowmass defiance dam: Snowmass Royal Inca

dOB: July 27, 2013

Snowmass Heaven-Sent CIS: 4890 ARI: 32790238 Female, White Sire: Snowmass Elite Legend dam:Snowmass Heavens Angel

dOB: July 9, 2013

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t is with great pride that we offer this superb package: Snowmass Heaven-Sent alongside one of our finest Snowmass Defiance sons, Snowmass Royal Incan. Together they make a momentous pair.

These animals are something you need to get your hands on in order to fully appreciate. No words which can do justice to the beauty and value inherent in them. If you are not able to come to see them in person, you will still be able to have a glimpse of their significance through their pedigrees and pictures. Each one carries unique intricacies in their lineages that we could write volumes about.

We can confidently say that legends start with royal seed stock like this.

Snowmass Royal Incan’s dam, Snowmass Royal Inca, is our highest-value, fawn-production female. Her offspring have all been lead show string with Super Royal fleece. Of those we have sold, none have sold for less than $30,000.

Her 2012 cria, Snowmass Royal Conopa, took first place Futurity 2012 and is now owned by J Creek Ranch. Her 2011 cria, Snowmass Conopa’s Inca, was purchased by Mary Bell at our 2012 Auction for $40,000.

This is one of our first Snowmass Defiance sons to be born, and we are extremely excited to be offering him with Heaven-Sent.

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A Royal Pairing

Snowmass Royal Incan

Snowmass Heaven-Sent

Snowmass Royal Incan

Sire to Snowmass Heaven-Sent

Snowmass Defiance, Sire to Snowmass Royal Incan

Snowmass Heaven-Sent

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Lot No. 2

Suri Weanling Pair

Pucara PureSuri Tikanui, voted Best Suri Head by Elena Barreda, Futurity 2012

TSSS Kahuna’s Jet Stream ARI: 32816433 dOB: April 14, 2013 Suri Male, White Sire: Pucara Kahuna dam: Pure Suri Mandalay

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ere, we’ve done it! It’s been a long, long time since we offered a weanling pair at auction, but here it is. You’ve got the juvenile full brother to a multiple-time champion male in the hardest classes of all, white. And he, Jet Stream, is matched with a daughter of Tikanui, and granddaughter of our 2013 Dark Futurity Herdsire of the Year, Chakotah. If you are a discerning breeder who understands how stud Suris are created, this is for you. A match made in our form of heaven!

But if line breeding scares you, this is a rare treasure of two exceptionally bred juveniles who will be at the head of the 2014 Pucara show team and who will compete in the toughest classes in the nation.

Obviously, Jet Stream is the son of five-time Futurity Light Herdsire of the Year, Pucara Kahuna, and one of our very top stud females, Mandalay, mother of Pucara PureSuri Tikanui and Pucara PureSuri Royal Silk the Suri Network Judges’ Choice

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Pucara Tikanui’s Zena ARI: 32816419 dOB: July 17, 2013 Suri Female, White Sire: Pucara PureSuri Tikanui dam: Chakotah’s Sweet Susie fleece champion, who is also featured in this auction. Pucara Tikanui’s Zena is the daughter of the multiple-time champion Tikanui (now doing stud work at Hasselbring’s Harmony Ranch) and one of our top-ranked, light Chakotah daughters, Chakotah’s Sweet Susie.

Both these juveniles exhibit extreme Suri fiber quality – blazing luster with organized definition of lock accompanied with fineness and density, all a true reflection of their superior genes. They epitomize true Suri style, with looks to die for.

Whether you want to make stud Suris of the future by breeding these two or whether you want to out-cross these with your own Suris and collect a heap of ribbons in the meantime, this is an offering for seriously minded Suri aficionados.

Owners: The Suri Stud Stable (TSSS), Pucara International, Green Garden Acres and Forest Farms See fiber stats on the website: www.pucara-alpacas.com

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Pucara Sur-Real Holly

Pucara Sur-Real Holly ARI: 32389845 dOB: July 26, 2011 Pregnant Suri Female, White Sire: Pucara Kahuna dam: Young A lberta

hat a delight she will be for the buyer! And with a cria imminent! This is a rare combination of Pucara Kahuna, the five-time Futurity Light Herdsire of the Year, with Our Accoyo Peruvian Rockstar’s genetics that we chased in the dam line to create hybrid vigor. And did it work! Holly is a stunning example of the Suri breed exhibiting exaggerated luster, the result of density and fineness in these lines. Even in her third fleece, she displays long staple length, uniform handle and substantial luster. Her frame and style is so pleasing to the eye that we use her in our conformation seminars as a perfect example for the breed. We were taken by the beautiful style of her dam, Young Alberta, a ribbon winner and Suri Network Fleece Champion, the epitome of “ideal.” She has an extremely appealing head and the most incredible locking on a Suri we have ever seen; this was verified by a group of senior judges who visited our farm just to witness her excellence! Was the $55,000 worth it? You bet. Her production has been everything we hoped with Holly a prime example. Holly’s breeding to Chakotah, our Futurity Dark Herdsire of the Year 2013 and Reserve Dark Herdsire 2011, is the result of five years of planning and promises to provide an elite outcome.

Owners: Pucara International and Sur-Real Alpacas Breeding: Bred May 30, 2013, to Chakotah of CCR Suris See fiber stats on the website: www.pucara-alpacas.com

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ilky grade: High fashion, drapery-woven wear and

bright, fine knit

DRAPE, STRENGTH and COMFORT Royal and Baby 16-23 micron Curvatures 30-50s The staple length after first year averages 4 to 7 inches.

Low frequency of crimp, medium- to deep-amplitude fiber grows into defined staples with secondary fibers almost fully developed at birth. Very long staples at birth and have the longest first year staple growth of up to 8.5 inches.

The distinguishing value of the silky is low scale, soft slippery feel and accentuated brightness.

This fleece has the most dramatic difference of the other Royal grades. This fleece has a very unique silky handle thus the name. It also is extremely bright to the eye (low scale). This fleece type is very exciting to look at and can vary in depth of amplitude, curvature and visible crimp. The main attributes are the length of staple and the consistency of length over the entire fleece and extremities of the alpaca, such as the neck and legs.

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Lot No. 4

Snowmass Bella Bells

Fleece of son, Snowmass Enclave

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Snowmass Bella Bells CIS: 3757 ARI: 31795708 Female, White Sire: Snowmass Best Man

Service sire, Snowmass Seven Below

dOB: July 27, 2009 dam: Snowmass Queen Bella Sarah

nowmass Bella Bells is a production female you would be sorry to miss. She is an extraordinary Snowmass Best Man daughter who carries the impeccable, white lineage of her dam, the one-and-only Snowmass Queen Bella Sarah. The production quality of these two crossing lines is white excellence incarnate.

We wanted to see more juveniles like Seventh Samurai, so we bred Bella Bells back to Snowmass Seven Below this year.

Our only expectation is another stellar white cria. The key in this genetic pairing is the production of a long, bright and fine staple that covers the entire body of the alpaca, similar to Best Man himself.

Snowmass Bella Bells’ production history is proof of her limitless white potential. Her first two offspring, Snowmass Seventh Samurai and Snowmass Enclave, have been on the leading edge of our juvenile show string selection. Snowmass Enclave, at five months old, is preparing for show this year, while Seventh Samurai was awarded Reserve Champion during the 2013 Futurity. The judges were bright-eyed in describing Seventh Samurai’s revolutionary fleece characteristics. Given that “white juvenile male” is the most competitive class in the country and we can only select three animals from our entire yearly production, the gravity of Bella Bells’ contribution is clear.

While it is ultimately a bittersweet feeling, we feel extremely proud to be in the position to offer females that have production records like Bella Bells. She is the last of the direct Snowmass Best Man daughters remaining in the United States, unless more are imported from Switzerland where Best Man now resides.

Congratulations are in order to the breeder who acquires this tremendous production package.

Shearing # 1 2 3 4

AFD 14.9 16.9 18.3 18.3

Histograms

SD 3.7 3.4 4.0 4.1

CV 24.8 20.3 21.8 22.1

%>30 0.7 0.5 1.0 1.1

CURV 50.0 46.0 47.0 37.0

SPIN Fineness 15.0 16.3 17.9 17.9 Son, Snowmass Seventh Samurai, Futurity 2013 Reserve Champion

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Lot No. 5

Snowmass Amber Angel

Sire, Snowmass Matrix

Snowmass Amber Angel CIS: 3752 ARI: 31778657 Female, dark Fawn Sire: Snowmass Matrix

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nowmass Amber Angel is one of our all-time favorite Snowmass females. She is a direct Matrix daughter, and her dam, Snowmass Amber Star, is one of the finest direct Snowmass Star Quest daughters. We have frequently been approached with offers from other breeders wanting to purchase Amber Angel, but we were never able to bring ourselves to compromise her genetics

hearing # S 1 2 3

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AFD 22.6 20.2 23.0

Histograms

SD 3.6 3.3 3.8

CV 16.0 16.2 16.3

%>30 2.2 0.8 3.4

CURV 36.0 44.0 41.0

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SPIN Fineness 21.1 18.9 21

dOB: Sept. 19, 2009 dam: Snowmass Amber Star

in our program. Now that a few of her offspring are secured in our herd, we have finally decided to offer Amber Angel for sale. We did not take this decision lightly, and it was especially difficult knowing that she is currently bred to Snowmass Velvet Touche. We are highly confident this particular pairing is going to result in an offspring beyond compare.

Lot No. 6

Snowmass Wedding Gift

Sire, Snowmass Best Man

Snowmass Wedding Gift 2012

Snowmass Wedding Gift CIS: 4584 ARI: 32614909 Female, White Sire: Snowmass Best Man

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nowmass Wedding Gift is one of our rare and treasured Best Man daughters.

Snowmass Best Man now resides in Switzerland with one of Europe’s most esteemed breeders. It’s hard to let any of his remaining genetics go from our breeding program.

Snowmass Wedding Gift has a unique lineage that brings in a color line on the dam side, with two of the finest fawn Peruvian lineages we hand selected from Peru 6Peruvian Chaccu and 6Peruvian Cambria.

dOB: July 1, 2012 dam: Snowmass Brianna amazing, white fleece characteristics, we chose to breed her to our lead White Herdsire of the Year, Snowmass Seven Below.

These genetic crosses have proven to be our best yet, as witnessed at the 2013 Futurity, when Snowmass Seven Below won the title of White Herdsire of the Year.

She is due with one of these gems in July 2014.

Wedding Gift has one of the brightest, finest, white fleece we have ever witnessed with a 14.7 first-year histogram. She is one that you can continue to select for a white breeding program and/or choose to breed her for color. Because of her

hearing # S 1

AFD 14.7

Histograms

SD 3.1

CV 20.8

%>30 0.2

CURV 51.0

SPIN Fineness 14.3

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Lot No. 7

Snowmass Defiance

Snowmass defiance CIS:3845 ARI:31795807 Male, White Sire: Snowmass Elite Legend

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dam: Snowmass Freedom

When you create something new, you’re breaking tradition – and that is an act of defiance.

f there ever was an alpaca born from selective breeding who transcended all the definitions, traditions and expectations of its breeders, it is Snowmass Defiance. Defiance has truly challenged our ideas about the future of this breeding program and, overall, the alpaca industry. He has rapidly risen to a legendary level and is, without a doubt, one of the most significant males in Snowmass production history.

He is quite simply the ideal seed stock for a revolution in alpaca breeding. Defiance is the current 2013 Supreme Champion male by international judging standards; beyond his accolades, a wealth of genetic science supports him.

His dam’s lineage contains essential maternal genetics that have been proven over multiple generations to contribute strong elements of fineness, brightness, density and consistency. Snowmass Maree Love, Snowmass Delightful Duet and Snowmass Freedom are all of this line.

Many clients can bear witness to the significance of these maternal genetics.

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advanced heritable characteristics. His sire, Snowmass Elite Legend, remains the North American leader in years as Herdsire of the Year. Elite Legend’s sire, Snowmass Quechua, was also Herdsire of the Year before him. Snowmass Defiance represents the next level of advancement in this everexceptional paternal line.

We cannot think of any other stud that can match his caliber of advancing genetic elements. These elements translate into a consistently superior alpaca fleece, and an overall perfect phenotype. The evidence to support this can be seen in his revolutionary histogram testings over the past four years.

We believe it is time to send the message of Defiance to the masses. He is far too important for us to keep. Defiance needs to breed to new maternal lines in order to hasten the evolution of alpacas in the industry.

Our mission as alpaca breeders and enthusiasts is to ultimately contribute genetics to the overall population, so we will advance the alpaca industry to a scale and quality level that can compete with the merino and cashmere industries.

The revolution starts now. Who is ready to lead?

Snowmass Defiance 2011

Snowmass Defiance 2014

Sire, Snowmass Elite Legend

hearing # S 1 2 3 4

AFD 15.0 15.3 15.5 16.3

Histograms

SD 2.6 2.3 2.6 2.8

CV 17.2 14.8 17.0 17.0

%>30 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1

CURV 45.0 58.0 65.0 65.9

Snowmass Defiance International Supreme Champion

SPIN Fineness 14.4 14.2 14.6 15.4

Three-year fleece

Supreme Trophies

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Lot No. 8

Snowmass Quechua’s Crystal

Daughter, Snowmass Crystal’s Fleece

Daughter, S. Crystal Inspiration’s fleece

Snowmass Quechua’s Crystal CIS: 1442 ARI: 31525541 Female, White Sire: Snowmass Best Man

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ere she is, our most cherished standing Snowmass Best Man daughter. In her time with us here on the ranch, Quechua’s Crystal has provided three brilliant daughters who are carrying on her line within our herd. If she had produced a son, we would be using him as a herdsire to further propagate her royal genetics.

dOB: June 14, 2008 dam: Snowmass Crystal Bell have been working so hard to lock into our herd.

It should be noted that Quechua’s Crystal’s dam, Snowmass Crystal Bell, passed away this year, making her progeny more significant than ever. It is a great honor that we can offer you this respected female, Snowmass Quechua’s Crystal.

Quechua’s Crystal is the epitome of a proven seed stock production female. She is still young, healthy and bred to Herdsire of the Year Snowmass Seven Below. We know this pair is a perfect match on many levels. Just take a look at the histogram reports. They are an embodiment of the royal white genetics we

hearing # S 1 2 3 4 5

AFD 14.9 16.5 17.4 18.4 17.1

Histograms

SD 4.0 4.3 3.6 3.4 3.5

CV 27.1 25.8 20.9 18.6 20.6

%>30 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.4

CURV 58.0 61.0 54.0 58.0 55.0

SPIN Fineness 15.3 16.7 16.9 17.5 16.5 Snowmass Quechua’s Crystal

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Snowmass Quechua’s Crystal as juvenile

Lot No. 9

Snowmass Royal Majesty

Sire, Snowmass Matrix Majesty

Grand Dam, Snowmass Royal Malaika

Snowmass Royal Majesty CIS: 3922 ARI: 32125191 Female, Bay Black Sire: Snowmass Matrix Majesty

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dOB: June 26, 2010

Son, Snowmass Majestic Velveteer

dam: Snowmass Royal Malaika

ne does not simply name an alpaca “Royal Majesty.” This name is a title bestowed upon one possessing traits from the flesh, blood and fiber passed down from royal generations prior! The name is recognition of certain truths made manifest.

Her Royal Majesty’s sire, Snowmass Matrix Majesty, is a world-renowned, colored stud of kingly status. His sire before him is the legendary Snowmass Matrix, who is known to be the alpaca equivalent of King Midas!

sure she had a few princely sons here first. All that pomp aside, we truly believe royal alpaca genetics should be made available to all breeders who recognize the significance of royal fiber in the future of our industry.

For this reason she is due to have an absolutely divine cria, sired by Snowmass Velvet Touche, on her new subject’s farm this July 2014.

If you are truly serious about breeding for color, you won’t fail to recognize this “dam good” opportunity.

Her Royal Majesty’s dam, Snowmass Royal Malaika, is the finest, standing black female in the entire Snowmass herd – fail to recognize this and it’s off with your head!

So how can we offer to send this new and majestic queen of our hearts to another land? Well, we aren’t stupid as we made

hearing # S 1 2 3

AFD 19.3 20.6 23.1

SD 4.3 5.0 5.1

Histograms CV 22.1 24.3 22.2

%>30 2.6 4.4 7.8

CURV 39.0 41.0 37.0

SPIN Fineness 18.9 20.6 22.7 Majesty at four months

Majesty’s fleece

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Lot No. 10

Snowmass Twilight Eminence

Sire, Snowmass Blackout

Grand Dam, Snowmass Royal Malaika

Snowmass Twilight Eminence CIS: 4582 ARI: 32614817 Female, True Black Sire: Snowmass Black Out

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dOB: Sept. 14, 2012 dam: Snowmass Andean Royalty

ith her fineness, long bright staple, blanket consistency, and beautifully balanced conformation, Snowmass Twilight Eminence is an ebony showcase of the refined elements we cherish in all our royal females.

Twilight Eminence is a rarity, and as it goes with all of our rarities, we don’t release them without first having secured a trace of them in our own program. We hope that the breeder who takes this girl recognizes her potential in breeding specifically for royal black fiber. One of our personal dreams is to see enough royal black fleece to make full bales a common reality. We actively encourage more breeders to join us in fulfilling this goal. If you appreciate black alpacas, there is no finer opportunity to make royal black a reality in your herd.

Shearing # 1

AFD 18.6

Histograms

SD 4.9

CV 26.5

%>30 2.8

CURV 33.0

SPIN Fineness 19.0

Snowmass Twilight Eminence

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Lot No. 11

Snowmass Matrix Mistress

Snowmass Matrix Mistress CIS: 3983 ARI: 32123920 Female, Bay Black Sire: Snowmass Matrix

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dOB: Oct. 4, 2009 dam: Snowmass Royal Mistress

his year we feel it’s highly important to present our finest colored genetics alongside our finest white genetics. When it comes to quality color genetics, Snowmass Matrix Mistress is at the top of our list. She is arguably the best-looking, black Matrix daughter to have graced our program. She has proven herself in each breeding as a vital element in the production of superior color progeny. This year we decided to breed Matrix Mistress to a striking, colored Best Man son, Snowmass Imperium. Imperium is a handsome fawn stud in the new Snowmass herdsire lineup. He has just started his breeding career with his first few females, Matrix Mistress among them. It’s an understatement to say we are extremely excited about this line cross. We look forward to seeing one of the brightest and finest-colored offspring she has produced. This package is truly a desirable prospect.

hearing # S 1 3 4

AFD 19.8 19.4 20.5

Histograms

SD 3.6 4.0 4.1

CV 18.0 20.5 19.8

%>30 0.9 1.0 1.7

CURV 31.0 36.0 38.0

SPIN Fineness 18.0 18.8 19.7

Snowmass Matrix Mistress

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Lot No. 12

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Chakotah’s Wyuna

Chakotah’s Wyuna ARI: 31742719 Suri Stud Male, Light Brown Sire: Chakotah of CCR Suris

dOB: Aug. 5, 2009 dam: Pucara Autumnell Goddess

his is the foremost opportunity for Suri breeders to buy the most talked-about Suri male of today, Chakotah’s Wyuna: Four times Judges’ Choice winner Five times Color Champion

Son of Futurity Dark Herdsire of the Year and Reserve Futurity Dark Herdsire of the Year, Chakotah of CCR Suris Grandson of Five-Time Futurity Light Herdsire of the Year, Pucara Kahuna Son of GWAS and CABA Produce of Dam winner, Autumnell Goddess Maker of Champions, Supreme Champions and Best Bred and Owned winners in only his first year of production The winner of Get Classes in 2013, the first year of showing his progeny Features the most prepotent ancestry of genetics that Pucara International believes the Suri industry can possibly supply!

Chakotah’s Wyuna is a product of many years of planning by Pucara International. Calculated breeding decisions have stacked into his incredible ancestry the most prepotent and distinguished family tree. Wyuna is the face of the new phase of Suris that Pucara International has prepared for textile relevance. His are genetics with a high rate of heritability that will bless his progeny with fleece traits melded together to produce the Suri garments of the future.

100% ownership is for sale!

Owners: Chakotah’s Wyuna is owned by Parkview Alpacas and Tambo Downs Alpacas (Australia), campaigned by Pucara International.

See fiber stats on the website: www.pucara-alpacas.com

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Show results: April 2010

First

The Futurity Show

April 2010

Reserve Champion

The Futurity Show

May 2010

First

CABA Classic

May 2010

Reserve Champion

CABA Classic

May 2010

First

AOBA National Show

February 2011 First

International Alpaca Odyssey

February 2011 Champion

International Alpaca Odyssey

February 2011 Suri Supreme Champion International Alpaca Odyssey April 2011

First

The Futurity Show

April 2011

Champion

The Futurity Show

April 2011

Judges’ Choice

The Futurity Show

April 2011

First

Great Western Alpaca Show

April 2011

Champion

Great Western Alpaca Show

April 2011

Judges’ Choice

Great Western Alpaca Show

May 2011

First

CABA Classic

May 2011

Champion

CABA Classic

May 2011

First

AOBA National Show

May 2011

Champion

AOBA National Show

May 2011

Judges’ Choice

AOBA National Show

February 2013 First

International Alpaca Odyssey – Get of Sire

April 2013

Second

The Futurity Show – Dark Get of Sire

May 2013

First

CABA Classic – Suri Get of Sire

Chakotah’s Wyuna features the most prepotent ancestry of genetics that Pucara International believes the Suri industry can possibly supply!

2013 Wyuna Get of Sire

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Lot No. 13

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Kahuna’s Royal Silk

Kahuna’s Royal Silk ARI: 32389807 Pregnant Suri Female, White Sire: Pucara Kahuna

dOB: Sept. 29, 2011 dam: PureSuri Mandalay

ere is the 2013 Suri Network All Suri Fleece Show Judges’ Choice winner! A simply stunning pregnant female who we believe has the genetic makeup to be the No. 1 female Suri in the country! Lofty words? She is the daughter of five-time Futurity Light Herdsire of the Year, Pucara Kahuna. Her dam is none other than PureSuri Mandalay, daughter of the famous Silkworm, daughter of Bruxo X DDF Accoyo Gracie. And Gracie is out of Augustina, the dam of DDF Peruvian MacGyver. We have planned for years to create such a genetic goldmine. She has proven her worth in the show ring, culminating in the Judges’ Choice award at the Suri Network Fleece show in 2013. We decided to breed her to Pucara PureSuri Madiba, a multiple-time beige champion grandson of the famous Peruvian Inca via Madiba’s sire LCA Viho, possibly the densest Suri male we have ever had our hands on! The cria in the belly here is the result of meticulous planning of elite genetics and fiber performance, for your pleasure!

Breeding: Bred to Pucara PureSuri Madiba June 4, 2013 Owners: Jack and Kelly Armstrong, PureSuri Breeding Company and Pucara International See fiber stats on the website: www.pucara-alpacas.com

Show Results: Fifth

CABA Classic

First

The Futurity Show

Second

CABA Classic

First

Suri Networks All Suri Fleece Show

Reserve Champion

Suri Networks All Suri Fleece Show

Judges’ Choice

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Lot No. 14

Semejanzo’s Clarion of SBFS Show Results: Feb. 2008

First

Sunshine State Alpaca Expo

Feb. 2008

Champion

Sunshine State Alpaca Expo

March 2008 Second

Spring Bling Alpaca Show

March 2008 Reserve Champion Spring Bling Alpaca Show April 2008

First

The Futurity Show

May 2008

Second

Buckeye Alpaca Show

May 2008

Reserve Champion Buckeye Alpaca Show

March 2009 First

Best of the Midwest

March 2009 Champion

Best of the Midwest

March 2009

Second for Bred & Best of the Midwest Owned Yearling

April 2009

First

Indiana Alpaca Invitational

April 2009

Champion

Indiana Alpaca Invitational

April 2009

First

The Futurity Show

April 2009

Champion

The Futurity Show

April 2009

Judges’ Choice

The Futurity Show

May 2009

First

Buckeye Alpaca Show

May 2009

Champion

Buckeye Alpaca Show

May 2009

Judges’ Choice

Buckeye Alpaca Show

June 2009

First

AOBA National Show

June 2009

Champion

AOBA National Show

June 2009

Judges’ Choice

AOBA National Show

Semejanzo’s Clarion of SBFS ARI: 31039208 dOB: Aug. 9, 2007 Pregnant Suri Female, Medium Fawn Sire: uSA Semejanzo dam: Skyeview Lupine

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larion, six-time Champion Fawn female and threetime Judges’ Choice, meets five-time Futurity Light Herdsire of the Year, Pucara Kahuna! The destiny is written. Quality is an assurance.

Clarion can be your choice because we retain her spectacular, fawn daughter sired by Chakotah’s Wyuna and an incredible white Pucara Kahuna daughter. Her 2011 son by Chakotah is destined for our stud stable in 2014.

the quality with this carefully designed breeding to Pucara Kahuna that has already blessed us with one of our best.

Breeding: Bred to Pucara Kahuna, June 15, 2013 Owners: Steve and Laura Hall, BuzznHumm Alpacas and Pucara International Fiber results: Fifth fleece 25.7µ 5.3sd 20.6%cv Spin F. 24.9µ

We were smitten by Clarion when we saw her at the 2008 Nationals and purchased her on the spot for $40,000. She went on to win that championship and Judges’ Choice! We wanted her color for our program and outside lines that we could match with Kahuna and Chakotah. The results have been splendid. As a yearling on purchase, her fleece was dramatic – a long, golden fleece of incredibly lustrous, fine mini staples all closely aligned in an advanced flat lock. We are so happy with her production, and now it’s your chance to reap

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Snowmass Accoyan Star XX

Snowmass Accoyan Star XX CIS: 4467 ARI: 32606140 Female, Beige Sire: Snowmass Super Nova’s Legacy

dOB: Sept. 22, 2012 dam: Snowmass Quechua’s Accoya XX

nowmass Accoyan Star XX is a beautifully balanced female with exceptionally bright, fine, Super Royal (10.017.9 micron) fleece. Her genetic combination has an excellent, outside influence of color Accoyo from her sire, Super Nova’s Legacy. Her maternal lineage is proven through and through with some of the most influential Snowmass white genetic visible in her full pedigree.

Accoyan Star is ready to show and ready to breed. She will do fantastic breeding for white or color. We will help you decide on a Snowmass sire to achieve your desired results.

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CV 21.7

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Snowmass Honeydew

Bred to Snowmass Divine Love

Snowmass Divine Love fleece

Snowmass Honeydew CIS: 4293 ARI: 32800708 Female, dark Fawn Sire: Snowmass Matrix Majesty

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dOB: Aug. 10, 2011 dam: Snowmass Royal Honey

Everyone needs some Honeydew.

his girl is a seriously sweet combination of Royal Honey and Matrix Majesty.

She is a golden delight in both fleece and fashion. It is easy to see her as representative of the pure alpaca herds that used to roam the Peruvian highlands with their Incan herdsmen.

this becomes a viable reality so will the larger alpaca textiles industry.

The most exciting part of this offering is that Honeydew is one of the first and few who will be bred to special treasure stud, Snowmass Divine Love. This is the start of a whole new generation.

In our eyes she is the ideal in golden fawn alpacas, and it is our supreme desire to see herds of alpacas just like her roaming farms and ranches in the not-so-distant future. When

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SD 4.1 4.3

CV 20.2 20.9

%>30 1.7 2.4

CURV 48.0 47.0

SPIN Fineness 19.7 19.9

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Snowmass Divine Love

Snowmass divine Love CIS: 4078 ARI: 32123531 Male, Medium Fawn Grey Sire: Snowmass Conopa XXX

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dam: Snowmass Maree Love

Snowmass Divine Love (offering 50% ownership)

hen Snowmass Divine Love was born into this world, he must have brought something from another world with him. At first glimpse of his fleece, we had to rub our eyes and make sure that the light wasn’t playing tricks on us. Once we realized what we were looking at, our jaws dropped.

For the first time in our entire history as alpaca breeders, we were looking at a lavender-colored alpaca. That’s right … lavender fleece.

he moved on to face the champions from all of the color classes in the judges’ choice competition – again he won.

We had come to expect nothing less than extraordinary cria from his dam, Snowmass Maree Love, but we could not have predicted the phenomenon that is Divine Love. His otherworldly fineness and density are simply uncanny in combination with his mystical color. We must give credit to his sire, Snowmass Conopa, for this seemingly arcane genetic infusion.

So the big question is, Why is Divine Love being offered in this sale? Well, our simple answer is that we believe he is too valuable to reside solely within the Snowmass herd. We are offering co-ownership to a breeding farm that recognizes and appreciates his profound and unique potential.

It was apparent that we needed to take Divine Love to show, but we weren’t sure what complications would arise due to his color. We think he should have qualified as a grey, but the AOBA show system didn’t have a color on their chart to classify him by.

Not knowing what to do with him, they put him in the “bred and owned” class, where he ended up taking champion. From there

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It was really exciting to see the astonishment on the judges’ faces when they opened his fleece, and then to listen as they tried to describe his fleece characteristics over the mic. Many people were stunned that he had actually won the overall champion until they saw his fleece for themselves: “Oh wow! …

Now I understand.”

Partnership terms are fair and straightforward. Breeding seasons will be shared equally, and our new partner has the option of spring 2014 through summer 2014 or fall 2014 though fall 2015. After this first split season, we will rotate yearly. Allowance of any outside breedings will be determined exclusively within the partnership.

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Shearing # AFD 1 14.8 2 15.9 3 16.5

SD 2.9 3.2 3.2

CV 19.4 20.0 19.1

%>30 0.2 0.3 0.3

CURV 61.0 61.0 62.0

SPIN Fineness 14.2 15.3 15

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Lot No. 18

Snowmass Inca Mist

Service sire, Divine Love fleece

Service sire, Divine Love

Snowmass Inca Mist CIS: 4655 ARI: 32734348 Female, Medium Fawn Sire: Snowmass Matrix Midnight

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nowmass Inca Mist has a spectacular combination of color genetics. Her sire, Snowmass Matrix Midnight, is one of two total black Matrix sons. While all of Matrix Midnight’s sons have bright-colored fleeces this year, we are especially proud of Inca Mist.

Inca Mist’s brother, Snowmass Rock Star, was the first cria born to their dam Incan Myst. Rock Star is now owned by Michelle Ing of Granite Bay Alpacas, and is acting as leading black sire for their amazing black Huacaya breeding program. Granite Bay is now producing some of the finest, densest, and most sought after black Huacayas in the world.

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dOB: Aug. 26, 2012 dam: Snowmass Incan Myst XX We know that breeders love these very special color genetics and that is the motivation behind our offering them for sale this year. To make this package even more special, we have secured Inca Mist as one of the very few available females who has been bred to Snowman Divine Love. She has also been covered by our finest color Best Man son Snowmass Everlasting Paramount.

Lot No. 19

Snowmass Soliloquy

Snowmass Soliloquy CIS: 1625 ARI: 31139137 Female: Beige Sire: Snowmass Matrix

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dOB: July 23, 2007 dam: Snowmass Ice Crystal

here are no two ways about it: Snowmass Soliloquy is our favorite choice among the Snowmass Matrix daughters. She is a standout champion female in every sense. If ever there was a Matrix daughter who became a dead ringer to match her sire’s quality of fleece and striking good looks, it is Soliloquy. She was the leading show female who effortlessly claimed Light Female Champion at the 2009 Futurity. All of her progeny have proven outstanding and are now significant elements in our breeding program.

Soliloquy is currently bred to Accoyo America Shogun’s Samurai, who was purchased based on high merits of Super Royal fineness. His standing 2-year fleece: 15.0, 2.9, 19.0, 0.2; Spin fineness 14.36. This cria is due September 2014.

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AFD 17.2 21.0 20.6 20.8 22.5

SD 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.7

Histograms CV 21.3 17.8 18.6 17.9 16.6

%>30 0.6 1.8 1.9 1.8 3.4

CURV 44.0 40.0 48.0 47.0 43.0

SPIN Fineness 16.7 19.9 19.6 19.7 21.1

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Snowmass Black Elegance

Service sire, Snowmass Divine Love

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Snowmass Black Elegance CIS: 4470 ARI: 32605242 Female, Bay Black Sire: Snowmass Black Out

dOB: July 13, 2012 dam: Snowmass Incan Elegance

his beautiful young female has a bright black fleece that truly warrants her name.

Her sire, Snowmass Black Out, and her dam, Snowmass Incan Elegance, are both brimming with supreme black genetics.

Black Elegance displayed as a bay black in her first year, but she has increased in brightness this second year, now exhibiting as true black. Our black program has become very select, and she is among the handful of black females we currently own.

She is also one of the first black females bred to Snowmass Divine Love. Letting go of any potential progeny

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CV 30.0

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from Divine Love, especially from a unique black line, is a significant sacrifice for our program. This is the tradeoff we make in order to live true to our word in offering you a full selection of our premium animals. Snowmass Black Elegance and her cria are not to be missed by the discerning breeder.

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Snowmass Snowmass Enlightened Enlightened

Lot #21 Lot No. 21

Sire, Snowmass Enlightenment

Grand dam, Snowmass Extreme

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Snowmass Enlightened CIS: 3849 ARI: 31795739 Male, Medium Rose Grey Sire: Snowmass Enlightenment

dam: Snowmass Golden Heart

nowmass Enlightened is a supernal, multichampion rose grey stud. His evolution descends from a remarkable lineage of momentous sires.

Most proximate is his own sire, Snowmass Enlightenment, who is also a multi-champion rose grey stud. He is sired by multi-champion Snowmass XXXtreme, who is sired by multichampion Snowmass Royal Rose.

Snowmass Enlightened is currently co-owned with Rock Creek Alpacas in the Snowmass Midwest partnership. Both of our breeding programs have managed to secure a few highly valuable offspring from Enlightened that will keep us moving forward into the future. We have agreed, as partners, that Enlightened now needs to be utilized to his full potential in other grey breeding programs.

How many multi-champions does it take to screw in the light bulb? This is proven grey performance at its paramount.

If you are looking to add the highest level of grey evolution into your breeding program, look no further than Snowmass Enlightened.

Enlightened has a variety of grey, fawn and dark offspring – all of which are stunning. Their fleeces are all consistently fine, dense and bright with their sire’s sublime aesthetic in their overall phenotype. Enlightened’s profound genetic potential is a testament to why we are still breeding for these rare grey alpacas.

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AFD 18.0 17.4 19.3

SD 3.4 3.3 3.8

Histograms CV 19.1 18.8 19.7

%>30 0.6 0.3 0.7

CURV 49.9 50.9 49.1

SPIN Fineness 17.2 16.6 18.

SHOW RESULTS:

Reserve Champion - 2010 The Futurity - Grey Huacaya Male 1st - 2010 The Futurity - Juvenile Rose Grey Huacaya Male Champion - 2010 IAO - Male Grey Huacaya 1st - 2010 IAO - Weanling Grey Huacaya Male Reserve Champion - 2011 The Futurity - Grey Huacaya Male 2nd - 2011 The Futurity - Yearling Rose Grey Huacaya Male Champion - 2011 IAO Fleece - Grey Huacaya 1st - 2011 IAO Fleece - Weanling Grey Huacaya 2nd - 2011 IAO - Yearling Grey Huacaya Male Champion - 2012 World Fleece Show - Grey Huacaya 1st - 2012 World Fleece Show - Intermediate Grey Huacaya 1st - 2013 IAO Fleece - Prime Rose Grey Huacaya Champion - 2013 Rail Splitter - Grey Huacaya Male 1st - 2013 Rail Splitter - Mature Grey Huacaya Male Champion - 2013 MOPACA - Grey Huacaya Male 2nd - 2013 MOPACA - Mature Grey Huacaya Male Champion - 2013 Minnesota Alpaca Expo - Grey Huacaya Male 1st - 2013 Minnesota Alpaca Expo - 2-Year-Old Grey Huacaya Male 1st - 2013 Northwest Alpaca Showcase - 2-Year-Old Grey Huacaya Champion - 2013 Great Midwest - Grey Huacaya Male 1st - 2013 Great Midwest - Mature Grey Huacaya Male Champion - 2013 Buckeye - Grey Huacaya Male 1st - 2013 Buckeye - Mature Grey Huacaya Male Champion - 2013 CABA Classic Fleece - Grey Huacaya 1st - 2013 CABA Classic Fleece - 2-Year-Old Grey Huacaya Reserve Champion - 2013 AOBA National - Grey Huacaya Male 1st - 2013 AOBA National - Mature Grey Huacaya Male

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Lot No. 22

Snowmass Legends Rose

Snowmass Legends Rose CIS: 4477 ARI: 32605402 Female, White Sire: Snowmass Elite Legend

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dOB: Aug. 2, 2012 dam: Snowmass Highland Rose

nowmass Legends Rose is a supreme champion Snowmass Elite Legend daughter.

She is both one of a kind and an overall, ideal female at the same time. We continually strive as breeders to make this ideal an average within our breeding program while preserving the unique identities in our lines.

Our vision for the future is that there should be a great number of quality production females, like Legends Rose, working within all serious breeding programs. The industry still has some ground to cover before this vision can become a reality, but we are nevertheless on the way.

Legends Rose within our herd, we feel justified knowing she will propagate excellence for another. This can only bring us all closer in the direction of realizing abundance in quality seed-stock.

There is a wellspring of value waiting beneath the surface of proven genetic lines, and Legends Rose is one cup already overflowing.

While it’s no small sacrifice for us to forgo having

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CV 19.2

%>30 0.1

CURV 53.0

SPIN Fineness 13.8

Legends Rose winning Supreme Champion

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Snowmass Highland Rose

Snowmass Elite Legend

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Lot No. 23

Snowmass Arctic Opal

Daughter, Snowmass Hawaiian Opal and her fleece

Daughter, Snowmass Opalescence and her fleece

Snowmass Arctic Opal CIS: 3756 ARI: 31526050 Female, White Sire: Snowmass Sub Zero

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nowmass Arctic Opal is a sensational daughter from Snowmass Sub Zero. As you can see in her histogram, Sub Zero’s progeny have fleeces with exceptional SD and CV values.

Snowmass Quechua genetics have proven to be an unbelievable match with this girl. Arctic Opal progeny from Quechua genetics have all been bright, super-royal grade and are maintaining under 16 microns as they age. It is easy to conclude that Arctic Opal can produce, produce, produce.

She has given us three amazing females; we bred her to

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SD 3.0 3.2 3.4

CV 19.4 17.8 17.5

%>30 0.6 0.6 0.7

CURV 56.0 63.0 59.0

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dOB: June 4, 2009 dam: Snowmass Ice Mist Snowmass Elite Legend in hopes of delivering a male. Our original intention was to keep Arctic Opal until this cria was on the ground, but in selecting our best animals to represent for sale, we felt it appropriate – albeit difficult – to offer her along with the treasure she is holding. Arctic Opal is due at the end of summer, August 2014. Be prepared for a cria that will top the charts in every element of alpaca excellence.

Lot No. 24

Snowmass Divine Lace

Sire, Snowmass Divine Inspiration

Sire, Snowmass Divine Inspiration’s fleece

Snowmass divine Lace CIS: 4002 ARI: 32124064 Female, White Sire: Snowmass divine Inspiration

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dOB: Sept. 7, 2010 dam: Snowmass Lilly Lace

an you imagine what kind of clothing might be worn in heaven, earthly or otherwise? We imagine in our heaven, maybe somewhat predictably, that one would be draped in an ethereally lightweight and fine alpaca textile!

At the very least, this is what our lofty Snowmass imaginations envision when we come across angels like Divine Lace.

stapled and most beautifully crimped fleeces we had ever seen. The only “problem” that arose was her surprisingly heavy fleece held her back from placing well in the judging criteria. We decided to keep her home and the next year showed only her fleece. Subsequently, she was awarded two blue ribbons and a championship.

Divine Lace’s sire, Snowmass Divine Inspiration, has proven to produce remarkable fineness in all of his progeny. You can feel the divine difference in hand, and see it in the science of high curvature measurements. He also produces a uniquely long staple for his fine style of fleece, which is why we believe it is possible to go against convention to improve fleece weight without sacrificing fineness.

Snowmass Divine Lace is now bred to our 2013 Supreme Champion sire, Snowmass Defiance. His sire, Elite Legend, is also a Supreme Champion and long-running Herdsire of the Year.

As a yearling Divine Lace was one of the top three, white females we choice for show. She had one of the finest, longest

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SD 3.2 2.8 2.8

CV 18.9 17.5 16.1

%>30 0.4 0.3 0.4

CURV 50.0 56.0 59.0

What more can we say? You won’t often find females like Divine Lace. This year’s sale is an unprecedented release of prized Snowmass genetics.

SPIN Fineness 16.0 15.0 16.2

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Lot No. 25

Snowmass Pure Dreams

Snowmass Pure Dreams

Snowmass Pure dreams CIS: 4250 ARI: 32801767 Male, Medium Fawn Sire: Snowmass Pure Passion

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dOB: Sept. 29, 2011 dam: Snowmass Conopa’s day dream

nowmass Pure Dreams is a manifestation of our long-term breeding vision – that is the production of pure alpaca genetics which are 100 percent ready to meet the demands of a viable alpaca textile market.

female can benefit from carrying progeny of his line. If Pure Dreams was not so closely related to our own production females, we would be using him as our own herdsire. This is our frustration and your benefit.

This Snowmass Pure Passion son embodies everything we love about his sire while carrying the powerhouse dynamics of his dam, Snowmass Conopa’s Day Dream.

Snowmass Pure Dreams is ready to go to work this spring 2014. Don’t miss this opportunity to take part in the dream of a pure alpaca future.

Combining Conopa lineage with Pure Passion lineage has been a brilliant genetic fusion. The resulting progeny have the intensity and longevity in their fleece characteristics that is needed to spark a paradigm shift into the age of extensive royal alpaca fiber production.

The genetics here are unshakably solid. Any color

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AFD 14.7 15.1

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SD 2.9 3.0

CV 19.6 20.2

%>30 0.2 0.4

CURV 51.0 59.0

SPIN Fineness 14.1 14.6 Sire, Snowmass Pure Passion

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hat Makes an Elite Alpaca?

The key questions we have been asking ourselves are: What are the differences in our alpacas compared to those bred in Ancient South America, and just what defines an elite alpaca today? The main incentive for all alpaca breeders is that vicu単a wool still sells for $400 to $600 per kilogram, which is 20 to 30 times the price of alpaca wool.

The diversities found in modern alpacas are the result of long-term cross-breeding. The wide range of fiber qualities that exist within modern alpaca herds make it very difficult to compile large lots of under 20 micron handling fiber for specialized commercial production.

The differences within fiber types are not just in fineness but other fiber characteristics as well: crimp; architecture of the crimp; scale height on the fiber itself, which creates variable degrees of luster and hand; fiber length; and degree of wool fibers produced by secondary follicles and more protective medullated fibers produced by primary follicles. Concentration of these fibers within the fleeces themselves are also factors.

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Lot No. 26

Snowmass Velvet Rose

Sire, Snowmass Velvet Touche

Snowmass Velvet Rose CIS: 4968 ARI: 3278922 Female, Light Brown Sire: Snowmass Velvet Touche

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dOB: May 12, 2013 dam: Panam’s Chilean Rose

Velvet is the new line of Snowmass Alpacas coming from the royal herdsire, Snowmass Velvet Touche

elvet Rose’s Dam, Panam’s Chilean Rose, an incredible import, took overall female champion at an international show judged by the legendary Don Julio Barreda.

We stopped at nothing to acquire her. Most every one of her offspring have championed at show for us. At 14 years old, Panam’s Chilean Rose remains to be pregnant and healthy with an AFD of 22.6. This is true genetic strength that we hold as highly valued.

textiles ever to be discovered. Dr. Wheeler gave us the finest compliment in our breeding career when she told us our herd resembles these pre-Columbian, pure alpaca herds as seen with Snowmass Velvet Rose.

Snowmass Velvet Rose carries many genetic strengths and will be a true treasure for any breeding program.

Velvet Rose has true brilliance in fineness, softness, consistency and what we can only describe as pure alpaca.

Dr. Jane Wheeler is working on encoding values of hybridization and fine fleece genetics as they relate to vicuña and domesticated herds of vicuña – pure alpacas.

These pure alpacas once graced the highlands of Peru and endowed the South American civilizations with the finest fleece – as important to the people as gold – that produced the finest

Sire, Snowmass Velvet Touche 2010

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Lot No. 27

Snowmass Royal N Majestic

Service sire, Snowmass Imperium

Snowmass Royal N Majestic CIS: 4332 ARI: 32123845 Female, dark Brown Sire: Snowmass Matrix Majesty

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t has always been the mission statement of Snowmass Alpacas to present selections of the best animals from our breeding program during our sales.

We only offer animals that represent what we currently use and show in our own program. This presents a challenge for us at each sale offering, that is, deliberately relinquishing certain champions.

It is no secret that we are competitive people, and we continually strive to remain on the leader-boards at shows.

Despite that fact, we watch alpacas leave our ranch that we very well know have the potential to top those we have reserved. Many of the females we have released in the past have produced progeny that compete and win against our own show string.

dOB: May 30, 2011 dam: Snowmass Incan Royalty Matrix Majesty, that the results would be groundbreaking.

Her name only scratches the surface of the royal and majestic reality inherent in her genetic amalgamation. From the moment we dried her off with the birthing towel, we knew that she and her offspring would be among the future champions.

We have decided that she deserved nothing less than to bring Best Man’s lineage into her progeny. She has been bred to Best Man son Snowmass Imperium and is due for a June 2014 cria. She is one of the few animals we started his breedings with, and both are being offered here in this sale. Royal N Majestic, and her progeny, will not be soon forgotten.

Royal N Majestic is one such offering.

Snowmass Royal N Majestic is quite frankly a display case of our very best colored genetics.

We knew when we bred her magnificent dam, Snowmass Incan Royalty, to our most decorated colored stud, Snowmass

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CV 19.7 20.0

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CURV SPIN Fineness 38.0 17.9 40.0 19.1 Snowmass Royal N Majestic as a juvenile

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SnowmassMajestic

Sire, Snowmass Matrix Majesty

Dam: Snowmass XXXtreme Star of Hope

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Snowmass Majestic CIS: 4232 ARI: 32350135 Male, Light Brown Sire: Snowmass Matrix Majesty

dOB: Aug. 16, 2011 dam: Snowmass XXXtreme Star of Hope

nowmass Majestic is a total standout among Snowmass Matrix Majesty sons. What makes this young stud so exceptional is his unique, maternal lineage. His dam, Snowmass XXXtreme Star of Hope is easily given recognition as our most valued Snowmass XXXtreme daughter.

When we took Star of Hope to show she represented the highest accomplishment of our color breeding program. She has won the Produce of Dam award along with fleece show and international championship awards. Until now, we have not sold any of her progeny.

Snowmass Majestic has been taking after his mother in so many beautiful ways, and the exceptional merit of his sire is inherently visible; the genetics of both are importantly powerful. Here we present a truly Majestic colored herdsire to bring excellence to a new level in your breeding program.

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AFD 17.8 18.0 16.9

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SD 3.7 3.6 3.0

CV 21.0 19.9 17.7

%>30 0.8 0.5 0.4

CURV 50.0 49.0 56.0

SPIN Fineness 17.3 17.3 16.0

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lobal breeding programs

are beginning to question their

ability to produce enough Royal Baby alpaca fiber to satisfy international textile demands. Genetics for the elite alpaca or royal alpaca (those proven to produce highly refined, fine, bright fleece and progeny that bear the same) are in great demand. We have many years of concentrated and dedicated breeding ahead of us to supply the market demand for bales of Royal alpaca. As a result, we need to become more discerning in our breeding and pay close attention to what is happening in the global market. We must be careful as breeders and judges to not limit our focus on breeding for a particular style of crimp or curvature based on sheep industry models. In this way, we can maintain some of the best properties that make alpaca elite: fineness, brightness, soft handle, added staple length, and extreme versatility in milling processes.

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Lot No. 29

Snowmass Majestic Flare

Sire, Snowmass Matrix Majesty

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Snowmass Majestic Flare CIS: 4925 ARI: 32844665 Female, Light Brown Sire: Snowmass Matrix Majesty

nowmass Majestic Flare is a trail-blazing synthesis of genetics from our principle color lines. Her dam, Snowmass Solar Flare, is a sister to Snowmass XXXtreme – both are progeny of 5Peruvian Harley.

5Peruvian Harley was our preeminent female selection from Peru. She was clearly distinguished among the other females in the import. Before Harley, we had never witnessed an alpaca with a large frame who possessed fleece so fine and dense that it was equitably vicuña. We named Harley after learning the curious story about how she was found in the highlands of Peru. The Peruvian herdsmen who had owned her traveled with her on the back of two motorcycles, Peruvian “Harleys,” in order to entice the importers to follow them back to their hacienda. She was obviously something special. Harley passed away several years ago, but the force of her unforgettable genetics is alive in her descendants today.

Majestic Flare’s sire, Snowmass Matrix Majesty, is one of the most renowned, colored alpaca studs in the world.

He carries a long line of proven fine fleece genetics and is simply magnificent to behold. Although he has won many championship titles, the list of his champion offspring is his true accomplishment. His progeny are winning year after

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dOB: May 13, 2013 dam: Snowmass Solar Flare year, keeping him crowned as Futurity Herdsire of the Year.

We could write an entire history documenting why Snowmass Majestic Flare’s genetics are so precisely in line with our goal to produce predictable excellence in royal alpaca. We would prefer it, however, if you came to experience the history firsthand at our ranch in May.

Sire, Snowmass Matrix Majesty

Lot No. 30

Snowmass Royal Victoria

Sire, Snowmass Royal Legends

Grand sire, Snowmass Elite Legend

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Snowmass Royal Victoria CIS: 4940 ARI: 32789409 Female, dark Fawn Sire: Snowmass Royal Legends

dOB: May 27, 2013 dam: Snowmass Victoria’s Whisper

nowmass Royal Victoria is our first generation of a color line from Snowmass Royal Legends. Royal Legends, a futurity judge’s choice male, is a colored son of Snowmass Elite Legend. Royal Victoria has gone beyond our hopes and expectations as she has blossomed.

Her extraordinary qualities of brightness, fineness, consistency, long staple length, color clarity and conformation are all parts of her sum – nothing less than Super Royal.

Royal Victoria’s grand sire is Snowmass Andean Night.

His lineage goes back to 4Peruvian Andean Gold, whose lineage has proven to carry a characteristic in his DNA that contributes measurable longevity in fineness of fleece. This lineage has been extremely influential in developing our royal color breeding program.

Snowmass Royal Victoria was rated in our screening process as the best choice for a dark fawn juvenile show female this year. That said, we leave the showing up to the wise breeder who brings her home.

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Lot No. 31

Snowmass Sweet Sage

Sire, Snowmass Touche

Dam, Snowmass Snow Sage

Snowmass Sweet Sage CIS: 3827 ARI: 31796040 Female, White Sire: Snowmass Touche

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nowmass Sweet Sage has been a great asset for us over the past half decade. Her dam, Snowmass Snow Sage, is a multi-champion, white Matrix daughter who was our high-selling female, at $65,000, in the 2012 sale. Snow Sage is now residing with Pamela Brewster of Still Meadow Farm in Connecticut. Since letting go of her mother, our go-to female for progeny from this wonderful line has been Sweet Sage. We had been eagerly awaiting a Sweet

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AFD 19.0 20.4 21.5 21.0

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SD 3.6 4.0 3.9 3.9

CV 19.0 19.5 18.1 18.3

%>30 0.7 1.1 2.6 1.5

CURV 49.0 48.0 55.0 44.0

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SPIN Fineness 18.1 19.6 20.4 19.9

dOB: Aug. 16, 2009 dam: Snowmass Snow Sage Sage son, but after three amazing, white daughters in a row, we are prepared to count our blessings. It’s time to let Sweet Sage breathe life outside of our own farm.

Sweet Sage is now bred to one of our newest, super-royal white breeding sires, Accoyo America Shogun’s Samurai, for an October 2014 cria. This is the first cross of its kind, and we expect nothing less than greatness.

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Snowmass Iced Elegance

Daughter, Snowmass Elegance

Son, Snowmass Loro Piana

Snowmass Iced Elegance CIS: 1231 ARI: 31525671 Female, White Sire: Snowmass Sub Zero

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nowmass Iced Elegance is dam to the recordbreaking, 10.8 micron Snowmass Loro Piana.

Snowmass Loro Piana is a genuine anomaly in the alpaca world. He is the first ever in our herd, or any other that we are aware of, to be born with this acute of a degree in fineness. His 10.8 micron fleece surpasses the fineness of vicu単a, and his SD measurement of 2.8 is simply unreal.

Iced Elegance has two other progeny to her name who are also displaying numbers well within the super-royal grade.

Her daughter from the year prior is measuring 14.3 micron with a spin fineness of 13.9.

We can comfortably say that Iced Elegance is an extremely influential and versatile Snowmass Sub Zero daughter. If she

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SD 2.9 3.2 3.6 3.2 3.5

CV 20.6 19.6 19.4 18.6 18.6

%>30 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.4 1.1

CURV 63.0 58.0 58.0 71.0 59.0

dOB: June 15, 2008 dam: Snowmass Iced Orchid is crossed with any other elite studs, she is poised to generate excellence above and beyond expectations.

This is the type of female that we can imagine in an ET program, helping to usher in a new generation of quality for the alpaca industry. If we really want to produce bales of fiber that are able to compete in the luxury textiles market, we need production females like Iced Elegance to produce as much as is safely possible.

She is now bred for her first progeny from Snowmass Elite Legend, with the cria due in August. Our predictions are nothing less than radical.

SPIN Fineness 13.7 15.4 18.0 16.2 18.0 Snowmass Iced Elegance 2011

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Lot No. 33

TSSS Wyuna’s Tieva

TSSS Wyuna’s Tieva ARI: 32598049 Suri Male, Medium Fawn Sire: Chakotah’s Wyuna

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dam: Kahuna’s WCF Ava Rose

ieva essentially means the “chosen one” in Polynesian.

Like all breeders of elite livestock, we had a long-term plan in the creation of Tieva. It started back when we planned the breeding of his grandmother, Pucara Allure to Pucara Kahuna, the result being Kahuna’s WCF Ava Rose, which set all the genetics that make these lines incredibly prepotent. We then bred Ava to Chakotah’s Wyuna. We had made this later breeding decision before Ava was born!

Introducing Tieva, our chosen one.

went on to win Supreme Championships in Australia!

Dam Ava Rose is exceptional in fineness and density and is prized in the TSSS stable, co-owned with the Hasselbrings.

She will not be sold. She is a precious granddaughter of our famous Pucara Allegro, the winner of Supreme Championships, and who sired 22 champion progeny who

Owners: TSSS: The Suri Stud Stable, co-owned by Britt and Patty from Hasselbring’s Harmony Ranch and Pucara International.

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April 2013

First

The Futurity Show

April 2013

2nd Wyuna Get Team

The Futurity Show

May 2013

First

CABA Classic

May 2013

Reserve Champion

CABA Classic

May 2013

First Wyuna Get Team

CABA Classic

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Ava’s son TSSS Wyuna’s Tieva profoundly displays the Suri traits we breed for: fineness, density, staple length and extreme luster with a regal attitude and head. He presents this on a stellar frame with girth, solid bone and the conformational expressions of what you desire in a stud male of the future. He is available, at 100 percent ownership, for your discerning pleasure! The TSSS owners will reserve six breedings.

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Pucara Wyuna’s Kalea

Pucara Wyuna’s Kalea ARI: 32816402 dOB: May 29, 2013 Suri Female, Light Brown Sire: Chakotah’s Wyuna dam: Pucara Makana

e couldn’t make this a Wyuna feature auction without offering a daughter of this spectacular stud male whose production in 2012 and 2013 conjures up descriptions of greatness. Pucara Wyuna’s Kalea is a descendant of our most valued and strongest color line.

She is the granddaughter of our Dark Herdsire of the Year in 2013, and Reserve in 2011, Chakotah of CCR Suris. Her dam, Pucara Makana produces, year after year, beautiful cria, such as Pucara Blossom. That progeny is now owned by the Heinrichs of Long Hollow Suris, who are mill owners and students of breeding for textile eminence.

Melody, a Uribe line daughter. This Suri girl’s ancestry is stacked with a who’s who of Suri excellence. Kalea as a result displays that thick, oily luster in oodles of well defined, packed locks. The handle is silky as the fineness dictates – and all aboard a stellar frame blessed with substance of bone and that typical stylish Pucara head.

Choose your free breeding to any Pucara-owned stud male.

Owners: Pucara International See fiber stats on website: www.pucara-alpacas.com

The color and quality derive from maternal grandfather, Moon River’s Durango, who this year produced the Australian National Supreme Champion, as well as two National Champions for Pucara in his first year of production in the United States, as well as maternal grandmother, Pucara

Sire, Chakotah’s Wyuna

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Snowmass Soulmate’s Passion & Snowmass Majestic Soulmate

Lot No. 35

Snowmass Soulmate’s Passion CIS: 4032 ARI: 31795777 dOB: Aug. 14, 2009 Female, dark Fawn Sire: Snowmass Soul Mate dam: Snowmass Golden Passion

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Snowmass Majestic Soulmate CIS: 4846 ARI: 32789676 dOB: Aug. 29, 2013 Male, dark Fawn Sire: Snowmass Matrix Majesty dam: Snowmass Soulmate’s Passion

nowmass Soulmate’s Passion is one of the few, colored females we have from our Quechua Son, Snowmass Soul Mate.

Soul Mate is a full brother to Divine Inspiration and has an equally amazing fleece that resembles an SRS Merino sheep. Now in his seventh shearing, he is still showing fineness and uniformity (19.2, 3.8, 19.6, 0.8, SF 18.4). You can expect these same, long-lasting fleece traits reflected in his progeny’s line.

This beautiful daughter, Soulmate’s Passion, is currently bred to Snowmass Velvet Touche and will be having what we believe will be her best cria to date. We have decided to sweeten this package even further by offering her exceptional 2013 son, Snowmass Majestic Soulmate, at her side. He will be weaned before the sale and ready to take on the 2014 show circuit as well as breedings.

Sire, Snowmass Soul Mate

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Sire, Snowmass Matrix Majesty

Service sire, Snowmass Velvet Touche

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Snowmass Lady N Light

Sire, Snowmass Enlightened

Dam, Snowmass Olympic Majesty

Bred to Snowmass Divine Love

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Snowmass Lady N Light CIS: 4476 ARI: 32606485 Female, Medium Fawn Grey Sire: Snowmass Enlightened

dOB: July 20, 2012 dam: Snowmass Olympic Majesty

nowmass Lady N Light is a graceful beauty descending from a lineage of extremely fine-fleeced animals. Her champion heritage is reflected in her own bright and colorful, royal grade fleece. We are excitedly anticipating the treasure of a cria that will be coming from her recent breeding to Snowmass Divine Love.

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SD 3.0

CV 18.8

%>30 0.6

CURV 50.0

SPIN Fineness 5.5

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Lot No. 37

Snowmass Simply Sweet

Sire, Snowmass Challenger

Snowmass Simply Sweet CIS: 4037 ARI: 32124170 Female, Beige Sire: Snowmass Challenger

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dam: Snowmass Sweet & Elite XX

nowmass Simply Sweet lives up to her name in both disposition and genetic lineage. She has a stunning combination of super royal color and super royal white.

at 17.9 with 0.9 percent <30 and 56 curve. Challenger is packed full of color genetics and is the reason why we have chosen to breed Simply Sweet to other super royal color lines.

Her dam is a highly revered Snowmass Elite Legend daughter, and her sire, Snowmass Challenger, is a powerful super royal (<18 micron), colored line stud. His first histogram test reported an AFD of 14.9. At 4 years he tested AFD 17.0 and at 5 years tested 17.1. Now testing at 8 years of age, his fineness has not diminished and his AFD is holding

Simply Sweetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first cria is a stunning dark fawn that was sired by Snowmass Conopaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kahuna. Since she has proven herself to be excellent dam, we have now bred to our No. 1 fawn and Best Man son, Snowmass Everlasting Paramount.

This will bring us one of his first offspring that will no doubt be amazing. Simply Sweet is due June 2014.

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AFD 16.7 17.5

Histograms

SD 3.4 3.3

CV 20.2 18.7

%>30 0.4 0.2

CURV 52.0 56.0

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SPIN Fineness 16.1 16.7

Royal Alpaca Some Leading Alpaca Garment Producers and Sellers Comment on Royal Alpaca Grupo Inca, Alpaca III collection KUNA (Royal alpaca) is the most demanding selection of the best alpaca fiber from both (Suri and Huacaya) made by expert hands of craftsmen who master ancient secrets that allow them to choose the finest, softest and warmest fiber, which covers the whole color range offered by this marvelous fiber. All of which makes it possible for the garments made with this input to flaunt an unmistakable elegance and personality.

Mitos, (A Myth Comes True) An alpaca sweater ... pure luxury ... connects the reality to the hopes and wishes of our dreams, with our comprehension of superior clothing and the world’s finest garments.

Royal and baby alpaca combine the softness of cashmere with the warmth of sheep wool.

Natural, pure ... softness. The finest and most precious fibers on earth. Imagine a natural garment as soft as cashmere and luminous in appearance. Ultra-lightweight and maintains their new appearance for a long time. A garment with unique thermal qualities that provides perfect protection in summer as well as in winter.

We found these fibers in South America. Our collection ranges from vicuña, the world’s finest fiber, to alpaca.

Peruvian Connection Peruvian Alpaca: rarer than cashmere, warmer than wool. From high in the Peruvian Andes comes one of the finest and most luxurious fibers in the world. Peruvian alpaca – once reserved for Inca royalty – is silky against the skin, velvety smooth to the touch. Alpaca’s unique, hollow core gives it an insulating softness that is extremely lightweight, yet much warmer and stronger than wool. In addition, alpaca is hypoallergenic – often wearable for those people who are allergic to wool. Cousin to the llama, alpacas graze at elevations of 10,000 to 14,000 feet on the harsh steppes of the Peruvian Andes. Their thick, sumptuous coats grow naturally in more than 40 shades – from ivory to black, with all the grays and browns in between – and the fleece dyes to glorious color as well. These noble creatures are tended by native Andean herdsmen, who shear them every other year at the onset of the rainy season. The yield is about 8 pounds of fleece per animal.

The first clip of the shearling alpaca, called baby alpaca, provides a featherweight, heavenly soft fiber that is even more prized.

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Snowmass Quechua’s Highlander

Snowmass Quechua’s Salvation

Snowmass Quechua’s Rising Son

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Snowmass Reference Sires â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Quechua Enterprises Snowmass Best Man (Switzerland)

Snowmass Magnus Maximus

Snowmass Elite Legend

Snowmass Accoyo Elite (Snowmass Midwest)

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Snowmass Oracle

Snowmass Navigator

Snowmass Overture

Snowmass Elite Perspective

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Snowmass Prince of Peace

Snowmass Northern Exposure

Snowmass Supreme Impact

(Co-Owned – Standing in Germany)

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Snowmass Divine Inspiration

Snowmass Quechua’s Masterplan

Snowmass Soul Mate

Snowmass Quechua’s Continuum

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Snowmass Seven Below

Snowmass Sub Zero (Co-owned)

Snowmass Persistence

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Snowmass Conopa (Canada)

Snowmass Matrix Majesty

Snowmass Royal Trademark

Snowmass Challenger

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Snowmass Majestic

Snowmass Royal Legends

Snowmass Enlightened (Snowmass Midwest)

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Snowmass Velvet Touche

Snowmass Imperium

Snowmass Everlasting Paramount

Snowmass Defiance

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Snowmass Matrix Midnight

Snowmass Blackout

Snowmass Conopa’s Kahuna

(Snowmass Midwest)

(Snowmass Midwest)

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Snowmass Golden Legend (England)

Snowmass Infinity

Snowmass Odysseus (Standing in New Zealand)

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Snowmass Reference Sires â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sold and Co-ownership Snowmass Sterling Legend (Germany)

Snowmass Royal Challenger

Snowmass Midnight Magic (Co-owned)

Snowmass Truly Invincible (Co-owned)

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Snowmass Invincible

Snowmass Matrix

Snowmass Trilogy

Snowmass Star Quest

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Snowmass Touche

Snowmass Quechua’s Shahtoosh (Canada)

Snowmass Matrix Rose

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Snowmass XXXtreme

Snowmass Sizlin Hot (United Kingdom)

Snowmass Legacy Gold

Snowmass Royal Rose

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Snowmass Porteus

Snowmass Enlightenment

Snowmass Andean Night

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Snowmass Nova

Peruvian Drambuie (Australia)

Snowmass Casanova

Snowmass Andean Bronze

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4 Peruvian Legacy 6016

Snowmass Accoyocusani

Snowmass Snowking

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Peruvian Snowmaster (Australia)

Snowmass Perfection

Snowmass Victory Valor

Snowmass Messiah’s Moon River

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Snowmass Reference Sires â&#x20AC;&#x201C; In New Ownership Peruvian Don Julio G159 (Australia)

Snowmass Lenox

Snowmass Prodigy

Peruvian Hemingway G171

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Terms & Conditions The following Terms and Conditions, as amended by any posted notices or announcements by the Auctioneer during the auction, constitute the entire agreement between SNOWMASS ALPACAS LLC, or guest consignors (the Seller), on the one hand and bidders on the other hand.

the alpaca(s) is paid in full. Any and all moneys generated from the financed alpaca(s) including but not limited to the sale of offspring, breeding service, insurance proceeds and the like will go against the unpaid balance owed to the Seller until the balance is paid in full.

WARRANTIES

BIddING: The highest bidder recognized by the Auctioneer shall be the Buyer. Bids tendered after the fall of the hammer are not valid grounds for dispute. If any dispute arises between two or more bidders or in the event of doubt on the Auctioneer’s part as to the validity of any bid, the Auctioneer will have the final discretion either to determine the successful bidder, or to re-offer and resell the alpaca in question. The Auctioneer’s determination is conclusive and not subject to challenge. The Auctioneer reserves the right to reject any bid. Agents Authorization: Persons acting as agents must so indicate on the Sale Ticket.

• Each maiden female alpaca(s) sold as its own lot, is guaranteed to become pregnant. Each pregnant female alpaca is sold guaranteed to birth a live cria. Warranty ends after the first birth. The Seller is not liable for circumstances beyond their control causing infertility. Female alpacas sold as their own lot that are not pregnant and over six months of age come with a nocost breeding to a nonrestricted herdsire solely owned by Seller.

• A proven female/male alpaca(s) is an alpaca(s) which has already produced a cria. A proven male alpaca is a male that has produced a cria or has successfully impregnated a female alpaca. A proven alpaca(s) will be considered to be fertile. There are no expressed or implied warranties for a proven producer. Crias and juveniles, sold with their dams are sold with no expressed nor implied warranties.

• A young male alpaca(s) is sold guaranteed to have anatomically correct reproductive organs and will be capable of settling a female before the age of 4.

The Seller is not liable for circumstances beyond their control causing infertility. This includes while the male alpaca(s) is in the possession of the Buyer. Young male alpaca(s) must be full body shorn annually before temperatures exceed 80º Fahrenheit; failure to do so will void the warranty and Buyer’s Insurance policy will be the sole source of remedy. * If abuse or neglect occurs to purchased alpaca(s) while in Buyer’s possession resulting in a lost pregnancy and or infertility, this will nullify all warranties.

UNLESS AS EXPRESSLY STATED ABOVE, SELLER MAKES NO WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY AND NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NOR DOES THE SELLER MAKE ANY WARRANTY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO THE ANIMALS IN THIS SALE. The foregoing is the full extent of the responsibility of the Seller and by the way of illustration and not limitation, in no event shall the Seller be liable for incidental or consequential damages, or for any changes or expenses of any nature incurred without Seller’s written permission.

TERMS

A. Cash Sale: Terms of the sale are cash and payment in full must be made to the cashier immediately following purchase; personal checks are to be payable to Snowmass Alpacas. Seller reserves the right to require a certified check as settlement before releasing the animal.

B. Financed Sale: Financing terms are for purchases of both male and female. Purchases up to $15,000, 34% down, 24 months, prime plus one. Purchases above $15,000, 34% down, 36 months, prime plus one. No penalties for early payoffs. Payments are to be made monthly unless arranged otherwise with seller. In the event the scheduled payment of the financed alpaca(s) is not received by seller within 10 days of the due date, buyer agrees to pay a penalty payment of $250 per late payment. Additionally buyer agrees that they will pay a $250 service charge on any NSF checks. Should any payment become 30 days or more past due, this note shall be considered in default, and buyer agrees that the interest rate on this promissory note shall automatically increase to 14% per annum on any and all unpaid balances, penalties and service charges, until principal balance, services charges, penalties and interest are paid in full. All alpaca(s) being financed must have proof of insurance before Buyer takes possession, naming the Seller as Loss Payee. Buyer must maintain mortality insurance in the amount of remaining balance until paid in full with the Seller named as Loss Payee.

C. Registration papers for a financed alpaca(s) will not be transferred into the Buyer’s name until the financed alpaca(s) has been paid for in full. All crias born from financed females will be registered in Seller’s name until the alpaca(s) is paid in full. All signed certificates for services performed from financed males will be signed by Seller as owner at time of breeding until

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TITLE ANd dELIVERY: Title passes to the Buyer upon the fall of the hammer. All risk of death or injury to the alpaca becomes the Buyer’s risk upon the fall of the hammer. An “Acknowledgment of Purchase” shall be signed by each buyer following their purchase. Please write your full name and address clearly. Any arrangement for disposition of the alpaca after purchase other than immediate removal must be made directly between Buyer and Seller.

REGISTRATION PAPERS: All registration papers will be delivered when the checks clear the bank, or in the case of a financed animal, when the note is paid in full. Buyer is responsible for all transfer fees. dEFAuLT OF PuRCHASE: If any person shall purchase a lot and not pay for it as described above and in contract of sale, the Seller shall have, in addition to all other legal rights, the right to repossess and resell the lot.

Defaulting Buyer agrees to pay all costs of any legal action, together with all reasonable attorney’s fees and costs incurred on actions of default.

TRANSPORTATION: The Buyer, at Buyer’s own expense, shall transport the alpaca(s) from the auction. Any arrangements made for the alpaca(s) after purchase, other than immediate removal, must be made directly between the Buyer and Transporter or Seller. Buyer is responsible for all medical bills.

There will be transporters available at the auction to deliver the alpacas to the Buyer’s farm for the Buyer. If buyer needs agistment with Seller, arrangements can be made for alpaca(s) to be transported and boarded at Seller’s Farm.

CATALOG: Every effort has been made to ensure correctness of the catalog; however, the Seller is not responsible for errors or omissions.

Breeding dates and due dates are recorded as performed and given for your information only and are not guaranteed. Any known corrections shall be announced at the sale. The Auctioneer’s Box announced corrections shall take precedence over any and all statements made in this catalog.

NO LIABILITY: Any person attending the auction sale does so at their own risk and no liability, duties, obligations and/or responsibilities shall be imposed upon Snowmass Alpacas LLC for any accident, injury, mishap, theft, damage and/or any other harm regardless of the source of imposition.

GOVERNING LAW: The sale and all transactions between the Buyer and Seller will be governed by the laws of Bonner County in the State of Idaho.

IMPORTANT NOTICES ABSENTEE BIDS: Absentee bidding is available as a convenience for Buyers who are unable to attend the auction. These bids are accepted subject to Terms and Conditions of Sale. Although every effort will be made to execute these bids, Seller will not be responsible for error or failure to execute bids.

BUYERS ARE URGED TO EXAMINE ALPACAS CAREFULLY AND READ TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

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