High Spice Alpacas of Walking Lightly Farm

"There's GOLD in them thar hills...Incan Gold!"

Welcome to the premier alpaca place in Colorado's Gold Country, Teller and Park Counties. High Spice Alpacas is a small farm located high on a southern Colorado mountain top at an elevation of 10,000 feet (which the alpacas seem to adore). The barn sits part way down the hillside, surrounded by aspen, pine, and fir. Snowfall reveals animal and bird tracks, both predator and prey, including my canine housepack, my LGD Zak (a Caucasion Ovcharka), and 8 huacaya alpacas, including 4 females, 3 junior herdsires, and 1 gelding or fiber male.

I once told a Senate agriculture committee that if I'd been smart enough I'd have been a farmer, but since I wasn't I had become a lawyer. They laughed. I meant it. Farming and ranching are not an easy way to earn a living. Then a friend told me there was a livestock I could raise without having to kill it...

Alpacas – they hum rather than spit, they poop communally, they are earth-friendly, gentle, and shy, with permanent little smiles, are easy to care for and handle, and produce the world's finest fiber. Alpacas will steal your heart.

Alpaca Fleece - warmer than wool, softer than cashmere, a fiber industry still in its infancy. The future for this lustrous luxury fiber, once reserved for Incan royalty, is rosy. High Spice Alpacas was born.

High Spice Alpacas was born from a dream, a need, and a desire. The dream was to be a farmer but not have to kill things. The need was for something to do "in retirement" for income and activity. The desire was to have more critters around rather than less, more space in a more rural place, and more time to pursue interests.

Being a small farm, our customers can be assured of personalized service, support, and intimate knowledge of every alpaca that we sell. Visitors are always welcome; just call ahead to make sure I'm there. Meanwhile,

"Come on in and set a spell..."

- Suzanne Core