2nd Annual Juniper Dunes Run

Rattlesnake 4×4’s held their 2nd annual Spring Dunes Run Mar 1st & 2nd, 2025 at Juniper Dunes in South Eastern Washington and we had a blast! With over 50 4×4 there for the run it was an Epic Desert Trail Run! We split up into groups of 10-20 rigs and headed out into the desert.

It’s been a year since we had our last Spring Dunes run with 40+ 4×4’s hitting the Dunes after a long winter and this year we stepped it up! No longer just an short afternoon run! Now we scheduled TWO DAYS of wheeling, as well as overnight camping!

For new drivers wanting to get a little more out of there 4×4’s this was the event for you!

It was FREE and had be several very experienced drivers providing some informal training on why and how to air down (and back up) and some examples of compressors we use, why and when to use 4 Low, Lockers (and what they are), sway bar disconnects, winches, recovery gear and more.

After a couple days of wheeling through the Dunes and learning from experienced wheelers we’re confident you’re far more comfortable shifting into 4 Low and heading into the unknown!

For experienced wheelers, we had runs just for you as well! We’ll also had several folks camp at the Dunes so Thank you all for coming out, hanging out around the campfire and hitting our local dunes.

Last year’s outing had some pop up instruction, this year we tried to organize better, splitting experience levels out. Special thanks to the Peak Putter’s Jose Rivera for leading the experienced folks out and around, while we broke the newer folks out into two groups.

We essentially got our less experienced folks split into two groups that left the staging area in opposite directions, and meeting up for lunch out in the back corner of the area near the Big Dune, where folks got to try out the sand hill climbing prowess, as well as hit some bowls. After about an hour or so we headed back to staging so the folks camping were able to set up in the light, and those heading back into town could get an early night.

Back at our camp Peak Putter’s Michael Cunningham broke out a bed full of wood for a fire and shared burgers and brots with our crew, that made for a great night!

Sunday morning we were back at it with a few of the newer folks joining us again for more fun in the sand, really getting more comfortable with their rigs. Speaking of rigs our count was phenominal we had well over 65 rigs out for the weekend with folks from all over including Canada, Montana, Idaho, Oregon and even western Washington.

We had members of the following clubs/groups; Peak Putters, Desert Rats, Snail Trails and of course your hosts RattleSnake 4x4s.

Thank you all for coming out, hanging out around the campfire and hitting our local dunes.