Can I get there?
Checking roads and the next few days of weather…
Best days to drive in
Scored on rain first — a wet playa is what closes the gate, and it stays closed until the surface dries. Wind and gate timing come after. Tap a day for the reasoning.
Route status
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Fires on your drive
The closest few to a road you would actually drive, rather than to the city. Contained fires are left out here — they are on the fires page.
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Last services before the playa
Driving miles to Gate Road. No opening hours here on purpose — they change, and arriving self-sufficient is the only plan that survives being wrong.
Pack for the drive
The drive, not the week. Your on-playa kit is a separate problem.
Once you're through the gate
This page is for the drive. The moment you are inside the city, stop using it for weather and use BRC Forecast instead.
They read live instruments physically inside Black Rock City — community-owned weather stations reporting sub-minute. We query a forecast model's grid cell from a server in Germany. On playa conditions they are not slightly better than us, they are a different category of thing.
Free dust, gust and heat alerts on your phone: text START to +1 (332) 320-4545 — on WhatsApp only.
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