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Come visit
With a luxurious fleece, you can see why alpacas are the world's finest livestock business.

Cascade Alpacas of Oregon is a member of the Hood River County Fruit Loop drive, which is a 35-mile scenic loop through valleys, orchards, forests, farmlands, and friendly communities. We invite you to visit. Call for an appointment if you want to visit outside our business hours.

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Alpacas for sale
We have a complete range of alpacas for sale, from low-end to high-end, and can put together a package that will meet your needs.

Foothills Yarn & Fiber
In addition to the largest selection of alpaca yarn in the Columbia River Gorge, our full-service yarn shop offers a wonderful selection of quality yarns and knitting and crocheting tools, books, patterns, and gifts. We also sell Kromshi spinning wheels and Schacht and Kromshi weaving looms and supplies. Visit our website.

Free Smart Phone App
With your smart phone you can go to MyChamberApp.com, select Hood River County Chamber, and view information about Foothills Yarn & Fiber.


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Learn about our alpaca socks
Want to know more about why people love alpaca socks? Check out the Copper Crew style.

Purchase a durable pooper scooper
These heavy-duty aluminum construction pans have a curved and comfortable handle and grip and an extra-wide mouth for rake or broom. Easily and quickly clean show pens or seating areas. For more information, go to Quality Llama Products.

Quarter share available
The Duke of Cascade Alpacas won a White Color Championship at Heart of the Valley as a juvenile. At the 2008 national conference he won second place in composite and his fleece took first place! His offspring are winning ribbons in the show ring. A one-quarter share of this handsome boy is available.
  • - Hemiaccoyo with Hemingway, Mr. President, Mister Antonio, and Vengador bloodlines
  • - Super fine fiber
  • - Strong crimp with high frequency
  • - Bright fiber with tiny pencil-like bundling
At his 2010 shearing, his fleece was 14.5 lbs! The Duke will add genetics, high-frequency crimp, fineness, and density to your breeding program.

Cascade Alpacas of Oregon, Inc.
Thomas and Connie Betts
4207 Sylvester Dr
Hood River, OR 97031
541.354.3542
541-354-1209 (fax)
info@cascadealpacas.com

See us on TV and on the Web

NEW! December 2012
The episode of the Oregon Lifestyles cable show that features us aired on Comcast cable channels 11, 22, and 23 in Portland, Gresham, Beaverton, and Oregon City at the end of December. You can watch our part of the episode online at http://www.makaiohana.com/Oregon_Products.html.

December 2011
CNN interviewed and filmed us for a "Small Business Success" segment that aired for a second time on December 12 & December 14. The short segment is posted on the Web at http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2011/12/05/sbs-small-business-success-cascade-alpacas.cnn

May 2011

We were guests on the Localite TV show here in the Gorge. The 30-minute program aired at 7 p.m. on May 6 on Charter Cable Channel 7 in the gorge.

April 2011
Watch a YouTube video of our alpacas and yarn shop Here's a fun video of what you'll see when you visit our ranch and our alpacas. See you soon!



Oregon Lakes & Rivers article Winter 2011

Read a little bit about us and our alpacas in the Oregon Lakes & Rivers article at http://oregonlakesandrivers.com/content/meet-alpacas. Oregon Lakes & Rivers is a guide to travel and recreation to and within the great state of Oregon, including insights on outdoor activities, lodging, dining, events, golf, spas and outfitters.

National TV Commercial
Thomas, Connie, and some of their alpacas are in an American Express TV commercial that was filmed in Hollywood and aired during 2010. All of those alpacas are so much fun!

NBC's Today show
See us in a feature that was aired on NBC's Today show on Arpil 13, 2010. Jane Pauley visited our ranch to interview Thomas about his career change from being an Operations Manager at West Marine to becoming an alpaca rancher. You can read three articles about us and about alpacas:
- A Rural Reinvention
- Alpacas Are Awesome
- Reality Check: Alpaca Ranching

American Express video on the Web
On August 19, 2010 American Express posted a video profile of our alpaca business that is available on their website.

Other publications
Here are some of the publications that have featured Cascade Alpacas:

  • - USA Today, May 25, 2010
  • - Off the Beaten Path Oregon, book published April 2009
  • - Fortune magazine, Special Investor's Issue, June 23, 2008
  • - Northwest Travel, May-June 2008
  • - Kiplinger's Personal Finance, November 2007
  • - American Express OPEN BOOK, summer 2007
  • - Ruralite magazine, November 2004
  • - Many articles in newspapers, such as the Hood River News, The Oregonian, Capital Press (Northwest's Ag Weekly), The Northwest Connection, and the Bend Bulletin
Also see us on the The Central Cascades Geotourism Project of Oregon & Washington website.