Skyline Trail Loop, Deadhorse Creek, Lakes Loop, Paradise Glacier, Alta Vista Loop & Golden Gate — Friday, Aug. 5, 2022

It's a very below average year for the mid-season, subalpine wildflowers in the Paradise area. The excessive heat (I'm guessing) greatly reduced the lupine blooms and to a lesser degree the arnica, the bracted, Rainier, and bird's beak louseworts, and others I'm guessing. Picture 2 shows a large group of lupine plants on the Moraine trail that have paltry or no blooms (in my many years of hiking this trail I have never seen this, this trail is somewhat sheltered and gets well-watered). With that said, there are still many beautiful flowers and some areas of thick displays. If you have been here before, don't come with huge expectations. I enjoyed the flowers on these trails the most: lower golden gate (and the very top), Paradise Glacier, upper Mazama Ridge (picture 4 is one of the best spots), Alta Vista bypass, and lower Deadhorse Creek (much of this is newly melted and it might improve). 

The late season flowers might be better, there are lots of cascade aster plants that look to be healthy and are starting to bud.