In 2015 we decided the time was right to bring a herdsire of the highest quality into our herd. After much consideration we pulled the trigger and bought half interest (proudly co-owned with Snowmass Alpacas LLC) in Snowmass Velvet Touche (Son of Snowmass Touche (Sire) and Snowmass Royal Splendor (Dam)). We loved him SOOO very much we bought the other half. He is now solely owned by Happy Hounds Alpaca Ranch. AWARDS: 2010 Futurity Brown Reserve Color Champion, 2011 Futurity Brown Futurity Color Champion, 2013 IAO Brown Color Champion, 2014 Futurity Light Herdsire of the Year, 2015 Futurity Reserve Light Herdsire of the Year, 2015 Futurity 1st Place Get of Sire Dark. This extremely pre-potent male has gifted us with amazing cria's in every color from White to Rose Grey. He is currently closed to outside breedings but if you want to bring these awesome genetics home please look at our dams pregnant by him, ask about 2015-2017 cria crop sired by him, or bid high for and breeding to him for AOA. 2015-AFD-21.3, SD-5.1, CV-23.8%, >30-4.5%-Grid Sample 2016-AFD-21.5, SD-4.8, CV-22.3%, >30-3.9% 2017-AFD-20.9, SD-4.4, CV-21.3%, >30-2.5% 2018-AFD-20.7, SD-4.3, CV-20.6%, >30-2.4%

Tita has one of the best fleeces we have ever seen on an alpaca with brightness, high frequency crimp, combined with extreme fineness and density. She is crimpy from head to toe. Not only does she have an incredible fleece she has a solid frame and wonderful look about her. Tita is sired by a champion, white Lennox son. Tita's dam is a fawn champion Nishio daughter. In her show career Tita has done extremely well, winning 5 championships and placing in the top three in all of her shows as a yearling. We decided to push this genetic powerhouse to the limits with her maiden breeding. We chose none other than Snowmass Conopa XXX. This will be a coveted breeding since he has been sold, leaving the country soon and his genetics will be loss to the US forever. OMG Tita has done an amazing job with her maiden cria!!! She is an excellent mother and gave birth to an incredible cria with fleece that I have never seen before. The microbundles are so tight to her skin that it is hard to pull straight. We are excited to see how this girl progresses. Stay tuned. Fiber Stats: 2011-AFD-18.7, SD-4.2, CV-22.7%, >30-1.3% 2012-AFD-19.6, SD-4.3, CV-22.1%, >30-1.4%

This male has an amazing fleece, excellent conformation and beautiful head. He is Snow Diamond Absinthe, son of 7x champion CCNF Elixir who also is 2x judges' choice winner. Absinthe already has won two color championships and a judges' choice award in his first show season. Snowmass Matrix Majesty and CCNF Archangel run in Absinthe's dam's pedigree. Judges in two fleece shows have recognized Absinthe's "fine fleece with great uniformity" and "his high degree of fineness and uniformity." In a walking fleece competition, he had three perfect scores and one score that was just a point away from perfection. First crias on the ground in 2021 and winning in the show ring in 2022! Absinthe's two histograms were: 2018 AFD 13.8 SD 3.0 CV 21.7 >30 0.3 2019 AFD 13.8 SD 2.9 CV 20.9 >30 0.3 And check out those EPDs! Not too shabby. They don't come much better than this.