Snowmass Matrix Cashmina is the very treasured daughter of a prized light fawn Snowmass female, Snowmass Cashmina who sold for a pretty penny at the Making of Champions Auction. Her sire is the living legend, Snowmass Matrix. Cashmina carries the perfect conformation, uniformity and density of fleece, and presence of her illustrious sire. Her first cria has "Snowmass" written all over him--that presence and conformation and lovely fleece! Cashmina had a gorgeous white male cria in early July, 2012, by Snowmass Seven Below. In honor of his parents, his name is Snowmass Cold Cash. See how proud and perfect his conformation is! Snowmass Matrix Cashmina bred to Snowmass Best Man, before he went off to the good life in Switzerland. She had a lovely daughter, MRN Best Man's Ultima from that breeding. She is now bred to our Halter and Fleece RC, MRN Prime Starrr. There isn't much to improve on Cashmina, but Prime Starrr repeats a lot of her outstanding characteristics AND contributes a super-long staple length and perfect bite. Cashmina is at our farm in the North San Francisco Bay area, Alpacas of Marin.

The stars aligned just right, and Lord of Sipan was the result. We happened to have our full-Accoyo Poseidon daughter (with fawn genetics) in Virginia, at Double O Good Alpacas (home of Matrix), to deliver her cria by Royal Fawn. So, when I saw that a rare Matrix breeding was donated to the International Alpaca Odyssey in California, I bid to win! Sipan arrived 12 months later--born at Derwydd Alpacas, he was instantly a favorite of Jan Davis (who knew a thing or two about alpacas). She loved his bright, bright fawn bundles and beautiful crimp style. Sipan has matured to resemble his sire, Snowmass Matrix (you know--the highest selling alpaca EVER at $675K!) in fleece style, conformation and temperament. He is a very compact male, but perfectly conformed according to the judge at AlpacaFest West in 2015, who awarded him a blue ribbon. It's impressive that a compact male would place in the top 1% to 5% EPD for Fleece weight, but he consistently does! That is evidence of his great density and long staple length. In 2019 he sheared more than 11% of his body weight, and the same is true for his son, Mas Snowmas. So, at age 7 (102 months), we decided to get a skin biopsy from Ian Watt (drumroll, please!): Density: 73.8/mm Secondary:Primary ratio: 10.1 :1 Primary fiber diameter 23.2 (SD 3.0) Secondary fiber diameter 20.9 (SD 3.1) Comment: "Good density and excellent uniformity both between and within each fibre population. These are good numbers for a male of this age and, importantly, color..." An outstanding fiber artist with a wealth of experience with various fibers said of Sipan's fleece, "This is the most INCREDIBLE FIBER I have ever worked with!" She went on to rave about how it is finer and has a better handle than angora rabbit, etc... This is rare praise, indeed! Sipan has 5 crias born in South Carolina--2 are GREY!!. And check out his son for us, Mas Snowmas--winner of a blue ribbon at the AOA National Fleece show, and Champion fleece at the Gold Country Gathering. His skin biopsy will be done in Spring, 2022.