JOHNSON VALLEY, CA. (Pain In The Pass) >> The 2025 King of the Hammers Schedule and Weather forecast for the last week.

The King of the Hammers is an off-road race that combines desert racing and rock crawling. This race is held on Means Dry Lake in Johnson Valley, near Yucca Valley.

Nicknamed “Hammertown” is a pop-up town in the middle of the desert with roughly 400 teams and 80,000+ spectators will attend the three-week desert races.

Expect traffic on Bear Valley Road towards Highway 18 Lucerne Valley on Friday and on Saturday. Sunday coming back to I-15 Freeway.

This week’s schedule and weather forecast.

Monday February 3, XRock Extreme Rock Crawling and Can-Am UTV Qualifying. The weather will be partly sunny, and windy with a high of 76° and the low of 44°.

Tuesday February 4, Yokohama Every Man Challenge Qualifying and Kids KOH Race. The weather will be partly sunny, and windy with a high of 72° and the low of 44°.

Wednesday February 5, King of the Hammers Race of the King’s Qualifying. The weather will be partly cloudy with a chance of rain showers, and gusty winds with a high of 69° and the low of 42°.

Thursday February 6, Can-Am UTV Hammers Race. The weather will be partly cloudy with a chance of rain showers, and gusty winds with a high of 67° and the low of 42°.

Friday February 7, Yokohama Every Man Challenge Race. The weather will be partly cloudy with a chance of rain showers, and gusty winds with a high of 65° and the low of 38°.

Saturday February 8, King of the Hammers Race of the King’s. The weather will be sunny, windy with a high of 59° and the low of 36°.

Sunday February 9, PACKING UP and GOING HOME. The weather will be partly sunny, windy with a high of 57° and the low of 36°..

*Timing/Weather on each day may change.

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