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.

Ultima is both adorable and beautiful. Her heritage is squarely in the Snowmass lineup--her dam is a daughter of high-selling Snowmass Matrix and her sire is Snowmass Best Man, who sold to a farm in Switzerland in the 2012 Snowmass auction for a pretty penny! Ultima carries fawn genetics: her maternal grand dam is fawn and her dam produced fawn by a fawn male. Ultima has a fawn spot on her very pretty face. She has a beautiful long staple with excellent crimp, bright fine fleece, and a luscious handle. Her conformation is perfect--she really could fit into a box! And she has a lovely wedge-shaped head. Take a look at her outstanding EPDs each year--there's a lot of "top 1%" listings in there! She has been an excellent mother to her first cria, a male who took blue ribbons in his first 3 shows and is going on to a breeding career in Colorado. Ultima's 2019 cria by MRN Matrix Lord of Sipan is a fantastic light fawn male. Because he is a heavy line breed, both on Snowmass Matrix and on Snowmass Quechua, we have named him Mas Snowmas. This breeding turned out so well, we are repeating it with a cria due in late May, 2020! Ultima is on our farm in Marin County, in the North San Francisco Bay area.