Exceptional Fiber, Friendly Alpacas
Alpenglow Alpacas is a small alpaca farm run by Linnea Laurila and Curt Gillespie. We chose the name "Alpenglow" because it reminds us of the many natural colors of alpacas - the rose gray and fawn of the waning sunlight on a mountain, the grays of pending dusk and the black of night. As a small breeder, we specialize in high quality, concentrating first on conformation and health and then on fiber fineness and uniformity. We have been raising alpacas since 1997 and settled in with our alpacas on our ranch in scenic Westcliffe, Colorado in 2007.
The main goal of Alpenglow is to make finished products for sale from our alpaca fiber, thus we have concentrated on fiber quality since the start of our business. We own a gallery in our home town where we market both my husband's artwork and my fiber products. We breed for the purpose of improving fiber quality. This means we occasionally sell some breeding females or fiber animals at very reasonable prices because breeding is not our main driver. Over the years, alpaca personality has become important to us to make this business the most enjoyable possible. Our alpacas are friendly and easy to handle.