This Real-Time checklist, running from earliest to latest, includes all flowers From Difficult Campground to Twin lakes, and all the drainages and peaks in between feeding into the Roaring Fork River and lake creek. This year, the flowers began blooming in late March: the earliest ever seen by this observer. And as of October 15, alpine forget-me-nots were still in bloom above Linkins Lake at 12,300’. what a whacky year it’s been!