The 2025/26 Dumont season is here, and the first big holiday weekend is just around the corner! Mark your calendars for Halloween weekend, October 30 – November 2, 2025.
As always, Halloween is one of the most popular and fun weekends at Dumont. Camps fill up, costumes come out, and the dunes light up with glow whips, spooky setups, and plenty of Halloween spirit. Many duners go all out decorating their camps with lights, inflatables, and themed displays—making the night rides through camp a tradition of their own.
🕸️ Trick-or-Treating
Saturday night trick-or-treating around camp is back again this year. Kids (and adults!) can make the rounds in costume, and it’s always a blast to see the creativity that shows up in the dunes. Be sure to bring some candy to hand out so everyone can join in the fun!
🚗 Trunk-or-Treat at Vendor Row
The Friends of Dumont Dunes group will also be hosting their annual Trunk or Treat at vendor row on Saturday night. This is a safe and fun way for kids to load up on candy, and for everyone to join in the Halloween celebration.
Saturday, November 1st, 🕓 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM, 📍 West end of Vendor Row, Dumont Dunes, 🚗 Vehicle lineup starts at 3:30 PM — don’t forget to back in your rigs so kids can enjoy the treats safely!
As always, please remember to:
Bring your whip flag and dune permit
Pack out all your trash
Be safe and look out for others, especially at night when the dunes get busy.
Halloween weekend is the perfect way to kick off another season at Dumont—big crowds, cool weather, decorated camps, candy, and plenty of dune action.
It’s almost time for Thanksgiving at Dumont!
Thanksgiving Weekend falls on November 27–30, 2025, and it’s one of the more popular trips of the year.
Thanksgiving is all about family, friends, food, and dunes. Camps start filling up early, and by the weekend, Dumont is alive with action — big camps, nonstop dune runs, and the famous vendor row set up with food, gear, and merch.
Expect cool mornings, sunny afternoons, and plenty of fast lines in the sand. The Thanksgiving crowd brings out everything from sandcars to side-by-sides, dirtbikes and quads.
If history holds, we can also expect to see the Dune Masters and Sand Pipers out there hosting their annual hill climbs, and possibly some drag action as well. Stay tuned for confirmation as the weekend gets closer.
A few tips before you go:
Grab your Dumont passes ahead of time and have your OHVs registered or have a CA non-resident sticker— rangers will be out.
Arrive early if you want your usual camp spot.
Bring firewood and pack for cold nights — it gets chilly once the sun drops.
Be respectful, keep it safe, and leave the dunes cleaner than you found them.
The annual Buggy Roundup is back for its 13th year!
Join us December 11–14, 2025, for the ultimate group buggy camping weekend dedicated to sandcars, good people, and clean dune fun at Dumont Dunes.
Buggy Roundup is all about bringing the sandcar community together for a relaxed, no-pressure weekend of group rides, campfire, and hanging out in the dunes. There’s no racing, no formal agenda — just a great time with friends, old and new.
If you’ve got a buggy and love the dunes, this is the trip you don’t want to miss!
👉 Dates: December 11–14, 2025
👉 Location: Dumont Dunes, CA across from bathroom 10
👉 Who: Buggy owners and friends of the Dumont Dune Riders community
Stay tuned for everything you need to know — camping info, what to bring, and how to be part of this year’s Roundup.
Let’s make Buggy Roundup 13 one for the books!
See you in the sand!
This year Halloween is on a Friday night! Therefore Halloween weekend will be Oct 31-Nov 2nd. Lots of people pre-plan their work days off super early so hopefully this helps! We'll have to wait and see, but trick or treating and Halloween festivities will likely still be Saturday night but we'll see if the community makes their plans for Friday. Saturday night has been the traditional for decades out there so you can likely plan on that. 👍
Thanksgiving is right around the corner! It is a week-long dune trip for some groups when friends and families gather at the dunes to prepare their annual feasts. If you are wondering how busy it gets, Thanksgiving does draw quite a crowd, but it's not quite as crazy as Halloween.
Catch the waterpumpers in action as the Dune Masters and Sand Pipers clubs compete in their 54th annual hill climbs. Their drag races will not take place this year.
Friday: Hill Climbs on the steep, left side of Comp Hill starting at 10:00 AM
And don't forget, Santa will be at the North Pole on that Saturday 11/30 from 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM hard stop. Details to come.
Stay up to date on the Dumont Dunes Santa Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/groups/144674787256195/?mibextid=oMANbw
Our 12th Annual Buggy Roundup is December 12-15, 2024. Have you got a buggy? Come out and join us to camp, hang, and run the dunes together. This is not a big party weekend. It's actually pretty chill. But if you love buggies and want to get together with the rest of the buggies of Dumont, this is the weekend for that. Everyone is always super cool and respectful. If they aren't, they'll be asked to leave and won't be invited back. We hope to see all the regulars plus some new faces this year!
Weekend Agenda
(times are subject to change so don't stay cooped up in your motorhome. Pay attention)
Thursday
Get there early, meet the early arrivals, and go make some tracks in the sand
Friday
Run the dunes and burn some fuel!
Curious what your car weighs? We'll have the scales set up Friday afternoon in the middle of camp. Come over and weigh your buggy.
Saturday
Sandcars & Coffee 8AM-9:30- Park your buggy in the center of camp. (Many guys do it the night before). Grab a coffee, wake up, mingle with other buggy people.
10AM group ride: We will do a group ride with ALL the buggies ending someplace like North Pole, Comp or whatever feels right.
Grab yourself some lunch and then head to the raffle area.
1PM We will raffle off some prizes
The rest of the day will be more duning finishing the last ride on Sunset Hill.
Saturday Night
group bonfire
possibly dune videos on the big screen
Sunday
Pick the sand out of your ears, go for another morning dune run, and then pack it up when you feel like it (or stay another day to enjoy Dumont some more)
LOG IN & RSVP on the EVENT PAGE link below
(If you have trouble logging in or can't figure it out, it's cool. Just show up. You can also message me, @dunefreak or DM Dumont Dune Riders on FB or IG)
Halloween weekend kicks off the upcoming dune season at Dumont Dunes! Although Halloween is Thursday the 31st, Halloween weekend at Dumont will be celebrated the weekend before on Oct 25-27th. Saturday Oct 26th, is the night you'll find trick-or-treaters going camp to camp and duners in costume over at Comp Hill having a good time. In addition, Friends of Dumont Dunes has announced a trunk or treat from 4:00-6:00PM on Saturday just west of Vendor Row.
Halloween weekend always brings out thousands of excited duners which means we always have to take a little extra caution. Keep your head on a swivel but most importantly slow down around camps and other duners. Holiday weekends can be a little crazy and chaotic, but also safe and fun at the same time.
Besides Halloween, it's always been one of the biggest weekends at Dumont. Although the Jeep races and hill climbs no longer happen on President's weekend, you'll still see the crowds of duners, some of your favorite vendors, and action on Comp Hill. Don't forget to swing by the sand highway (between Comp and North Pole) at 2-3PM for the "unofficial" daily drags. It's nothing more than duners lining up and racing, but it's a new trend at Dumont that everyone seems to love. Don't forget to take extra caution at the end of the drags and DON'T turn into traffic that may be coming from behind.
As for highway 127, if you are coming from Baker, the road is open to one-way traffic with flagging operations and a pilot car. Roadwork MAY be completed by then; if that happens, we will post an update. It should be done any day now. They are getting close!
Stay safe and pack out what you pack in. There is no trash collection at Dumont so we must keep our playground clean if we want to enjoy it for years to come. Be sure to post some photos from your trip on the forum and tag us on Instagram!
HWY127 is now fully open to through traffic with construction occurring in shoulder areas only from Monday through Friday 6AM-4PM. This portion of work is expected to continue through June 2024.
NO FLAGGING IS REQUIRED AT THIS TIME BUT MAY OCCUR AS NEEDED TO COMPLETE REPAIR WORK.
The route remains fully open to traffic during an outside of work hours. Crews continue shoulder repair work and an approximate 2 mi section of the route.
Little Dumont
Little Dumont is open.
Photos of original storm damage/ Source: Caltrans District 8
That's right we're doing it again! The group, as a whole, has decided that we have so much fun getting all the buggies together that we should have a second one this season. So we are rounding up all the buggies once again towards the end of the 23-24 season. It will be Easter weekend, March 29-31, 2024. Easter is never very busy so that shouldn't really change things. We will camp in the same area across from bathroom 10 and we will have the same format as previous Buggy Roundups. If you are new or haven't been to one in quite a while, this is a group trip for all buggy owners where we camp together and run the dunes together. It's a great opportunity to meet other buddy guys and girls and be part of the sandrail and dune community. So don't be a stranger. Put it on your calendar and show up with a fun attitude.
"Schedule"
Thursday: Get there early, meet the early arrivals and go make some tracks in the sand
Friday: Run the dunes and burn some fuel!
Saturday: 8AM-9:30 Sandcars & Coffee, 10AM group ride, lunch...(you'll be on your own for lunch. Sorry. The lunch catering fell through), 12:30~1PM raffle prizes, the rest of the day will be more duning finishing the last ride at sunset hill.
Saturday Night: group bonfire, dune videos on the big screen
Sunday: Pick the sand out of your ears, go for another morning dune run and then pack it up when you feel like it (or stay another day to enjoy Dumont some more)
LOG IN & RSVP BELOW
(If you have troubles logging in or can't figure it out, it's cool. Just show up)
Questions, comments, more info- hop on the forum.
Buggy Roundup/ Camp Rules
Those that wish to camp with the group for Buggy Roundup must agree to the rules set by us, Dumont Dune Riders.
1) Don't be a d*ck! We've never had an issue with anyone at buggy roundup, but we will not tolerate any BS. We are there to have a fun weekend of duning and hanging out with each other. You will be asked to leave camp if you cause problems.
2) No loud music. We all love to have a good time and party, but please be respectful of others in camp. We cram alot of RVs into one place and all have different tastes in music.
3) Unsafe driving or behavior will not be tolerated. This includes no passing on group rides unless you can do it extremely safe while giving that person plenty of room (ie: cut an entire dune to do it. Don't catch them by surprise.)
4) No side x sides, bikes, quads or ATCs in the group photos or Sandcars and Coffee. We get asked this every year so I feel I need to say it. If you have a side x side or any other dune toy besides a sandrail, you are not UNinvited. If you love buggies, you can absolutely come out and camp with us. Please just understand and respect that this is a annual event for buggies. You are welcome to join in on the rides, but please let the buggies get in line first. Other machines don't mix well with buggies on dune runs.
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