RIGHT NOW
What this month looks like.
Access status comes from each destination guide, which takes it from the land manager. Today’s high and low are live. Both can change, and the agency always has the final word.
THE SEASON CALENDAR
Six dune systems.
Six different seasons.
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THE WHOLE YEAR
Every month,
every destination.
This is the reason the network exists. No single guide can tell you where to go in January, because no single dune system is open all year in a way that suits everybody. Together they cover all twelve months.
Open, in season
Limited, partial access or hard conditions
Closed to riding
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Two things the colours cannot show. “Limited” means different things in different places: at St. Anthony it is a legal closure boundary, at Glamis it is heat that will end your weekend early. And every date here is the normal pattern, not a promise. Orders change, so confirm with the agency before you tow.
THE SHORT VERSION
If you only
remember three things.
Winter belongs to Glamis
Permit season runs October 1 to April 15, and the desert is at its best exactly when the northern dunes are shut. Holiday weekends fill the washes.
Summer belongs to Silver Lake
ORV season is April 1 to October 31, and it is the only place east of the Mississippi where you can legally ride your own machine on open dunes.
The coast never closes
Oceano and the Oregon Dunes stay open all year. When everything inland is either frozen or on fire, the Pacific is the fallback.