r/BurningMan

Anyone have a food guide for 2026? Will CHOMP be updated?- UPDATE: The person doing it is no longer doing IT! I may have a job for next year!!!

GFS and Euro models are now in agreeance for over a day now, over every run:

There will be a cold front hitting something around opening day. Could be Saturday, could be Monday. What does that mean?

For Build Teams:

The weather will be very "normal" throughout build week. Don't let it fool you. When the front hits, it could gust over 50mph. Complete white out conditions for HOURS. All build teams need to do extra strapping and lag bolts installed by Friday. This isn't 2025, we have advance warning this year. Secure EVERYTHING by the weekend!!! Zero loose items!!! We don't need people getting injured by things smacking them in the face.

For people entering Sunday and on:

There is a chance of rain when the front passes, but it will be quick and light.

The first half of Burn Week is going to be COLD. Highs in the 60s to low 70s during the day early in the week. It could dip into the 30s overnight. Make sure you pack plenty of blankets, jackets, and gloves.

By the time the Man burns, temps should be getting back to "normal".

I notice no one else has put in a meetup, so this year I'm planning on actually attending by hosting one 20 feet away from my tent. Knowing me I'll probably still miss it somehow.

Anyway, come on out, put some usernames to faces, have some breakfast foods and breakfast cocktails at the Dusty Sanchez or Innsmouth's Finest, in the 7:30 sector Golden Guy.

When: 9AM Tuesday till it gets too hot (probably like noon)
Where: Golden Guy Alley

Hi all, we are very excited to bring The Last Giant Otter art car back to Burning Man!

https://preview.redd.it/svt5vrrp1dkh1.jpg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fc5fb8a575bdbe72e4079e7386fef114cb32506e

Our inspiration with the Otter is to offer a caring and a furrily soft refuge from the intensinity of Burning Man, even if just for a brief moment of lying down as a pup on the belly of the otter mom or perhaps by grabbing yourself a otterly giant hug with her.

Me and my wife were first time burners in 2024 and the burn gave us so much, that the deep motivation to create a gift for the Playa started immediately as we heading out during the exodus. Otters were already our totem animals thanks to their playful, happy nature and we two love holding hands when go to sleep - just like the otters do. My wife came up with the inspiration and concept of the Otter as we drove back.

We luckily found the incredible team at Engineered Artworks, who led by the amazing creative director Haley Who brought the Last Giant Otter to life just in time for last year's burn. It was truly heart moving for us to experience how burners reacted to The Last Giant Otter as they repeatedly shouted out loud "OOOOOTTTEEEER" and ran to hug her. One very special moments last year was, when a burner really needed a break from it all. They huddled on the belly of the otter, rested under the chin of the otter, stroked her neck fur for over an hour and half until until they were back on their feet and ready to get back to it.

We look forward to sharing the playful happiness of otters with all of you at this burn! Please come and say hi if you see the otter floating on the dusty waves of the Playa or find us at our camp The Otter's Pocket at 3:45 and F.

See you in the dust!

CPAP hacks anyone??

Inspired by the weather post this morning, I built a free little website for BRC weather that saves to your phone as an app and works fully offline with the last forecasts from whenever it had signal.

What's in it:

• Dust-storm risk for every build week + burn week day, plus exact moments of the man burn and temple burn
• A live map of the city with the actual wind blowing dust across it (scrub hour by hour through burn week)
• Live readings from the RAWS weather stations ringing the playa, any national NWS alerts, and a BMIR 94.5 stream for when they're on air
• Burn-week days beyond forecast range show 10-year historical typicals, clearly labeled

Data is NWS + Open-Meteo (GFS/HRRR/ECMWF). Free with no ads, no accounts and nothing tracked beyond anonymous page counts. Source code

Obligatory disclaimer: for live emergency weather on-playa, use a real FM radio on 94.5 (BMIR). Without signal this won't update and everything is a prediction.

Feedback (& PRs) welcome. 🔥

Update: after getting advice and reading advice already given, I’m going to look for secondhand materials for a monkey hut (plan A) with a small ac unit (plan b) and an open heart to a shadeless burn (plan c.) thanks all!!

getting extremely excited to get back home for my second burn this year! I invested in a Kodiak canvas tent after my 2025 tent got destroyed by a shade structure during the Saturday pre-event storm. I joined a new theme camp this year to help with their gift to the playa, and just learned that their infrastructure doesn’t include shade for tents. So I’m trying to come up with some quick ideas for self-reliant shade over a 10x10 Kodiak - I think it’s a little under 7 ft tall. I’ve been looking through old reddit posts already, but figured I’d start something new too.

I understand pop ups are basically kites on playa, so I’m starting to wonder about acquiring some kind of reflective tarp to secure over the tent itself.

Of course, I’m also considering this could be an invitation to stay the fuck out of my tent from 8:30 am - 6:30 pm, so I may just say fuck it and not do anything additional.

Seasoned burners, please share your wisdom!!

A few people were curious about this so I uploaded my print files. In a test my van was in direct sun at noon and it was 105 outside temperature. This setup dropped the internal temp to about 85.

Hi friends,

I’ve always done theme camp and have decided to do free camping this year w a friend. Any reccos on areas to focus trying to find a spot? Thank you!

I’ve been to Burning Man three times, but haven’t been back in the last ten years. Since I’m from Europe, the trip is quite a bit more expensive for me. I’ve calculated that I’d be looking at around $6–7k in total.
I miss the festival like crazy and really want to go back. However, with that budget, I’d have to travel by bus and camp, which I’ve never done before. On my previous Burns, I rented an SUV and slept in it, which was obviously much more comfortable.
If I rent an SUV again this year, the total cost would probably go up to around $8k — and spending that much for three weeks feels like a lot.
Would you go for it anyway because it’s Burning Man, or would you stay home at that price?
Curious what you guys would do.

Hi 1st time burner reading this post. I thought I’d put together some hopefully helpful thoughts in the chance that maybe this reaches the right person at the right time. For background, I’ve done 11 burns and have been a ranger for several years.

In no particular order:
1- Please read the survival guide cover to cover. A lot of people work hard to put that together to help you, so I won’t repeat any of that info here. It’s also beautifully done.

2- Ask for help when you need it. Radical self reliance means that you’ve planned to take care of yourself to the best that you can. But things happen and maybe you need help. Ask. There are lots of burners out there who are trained to help you. When in doubt, ask for a black rock ranger.

3- Be open to serendipity. Maybe you’ve got BIG PLANS to see a particular DJ or make an event. Maybe the playa has different plans for you. That’s ok. Some of the moments you’ll remember forever occur when you least expect them. Be ready to let go and pivot with an open heart.

4- Don’t overthink gifting for your first burn. Gifting is how you show up for the community and there are a million possible ways that you can be a part of contributing. Finding an art project that needs help (check artery or playa info) or a department that can use some helping hands is a fun way to try new things. You’ll find your way over time. Don’t buy cheap plastic trinkets.

5- Check in with yourself regularly. Feeling off? Burning man has a way of making time fuzzy. Try a HALT check in. Ask yourself, am I Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired? What is resonating? Maybe you’re hungry and feeling short tempered, angry because you are triggered or frustrated by something you’re holding onto, lonely and needing someone to check in with, or tired and in need of a nap. Fix one thing at a time.

Hope that helps. Have fun!

So, I'm a very anxious driver. Like, I have to practice driving, and do, so that I'm not scared on the road. Is there a way to get to BRC that has no cliffsides, super tall bridges, and scary issues? Is there a calm, easy, vanilla route? Freeway free, plenty of scenery? A bunny or cow or two? It would be wonderful to go, but the driving is really frightening for me.

…but you aren’t getting anywhere near what you paid for your ticket. I see a handful of marketplace ads for tickets at face value plus fees pricing and quietly, softly, mournfully chuckle at the despair. At this stage in the game, you’ll be lucky to get anything out them. $100 today is better than nothing tomorrow. Cut your losses folks!

Have a bunch of fun stickers I want to bring but don't want to get hate for the back paper part being considered moop. Thoughts, friends? My first burn FYI