View source for Pacific Crest Trail Resupply for Dietary Restrictions

Resupply options on the [[Pacific Crest Trail]] for people with dietary restrictions of all kinds, including vegetarian, vegan, keto, gluten free, and others.

==Overview Resources==

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q4MG-vKLHk Video: "Vegan Food, Resupply, & Health on Trail," from Mary's Outdoor Adventures on YouTube].

==California==

===Campo===
* General store has a few options. A mile into town there is a bigger food spot with taco/sandwich type stuff.<ref name=bugandmud>"Vegan PCT Resupply, SoBo," Public Google Sheet. Attributed to PCT thruhikers Bug and Mud (PCT Sobo Class of 2014) and Harpo and Grouch (PCT Sobo Class of 2015).</ref>

===Lake Morena===
* The general store is a 15 minute walk from the campground. Lots of snacks, alcohol and junk food options. Also fries.<ref name=bugandmud />

===Mount Laguna===
* Send a box!
* Pine House Tavern offers vegan food, including but not limited to a veggie burger.<ref name=bugandmud />

===Ranchita Bodega===
* [[Ranchita Bodega]] (formerly Montezuma Valley Market) offers a variety of items suitable for vegetarians, vegans, and others with dietary restrictions.<ref name=mvm>https://old.reddit.com/r/PacificCrestTrail/comments/103kc4z/resupply_points_for_vegetarians/j30j848/</ref>

===Warner Springs===
* Send a box. Had a great big pizza at the cafe at the golf course.<ref name=bugandmud />

===Paradise Valley Cafe===
* They have a vegan burger. <ref name=11things>https://thetrek.co/pacific-crest-trail/11-things-vegan-pct-hikers-know/</ref>

===Idyllwild===
* <s>Vegan cafe: Plant Food Supper Club<ref name=11things /></s> -- Closed.
* No need for box. Great natural food store, Sky Island Organics, with lots of vegan options. Free trail mix for hikers. Cafe in natural food store has vegan sandwiches, smoothies, etc.<ref name=bugandmud />
* Natural food store is expensive. Has nice deli though. It's near a regular grocery store, post office, library and near a pizza place with pitchers of beer.<ref name=bugandmud />

===Big Bear City & Big Bear Lake===
* Big Bear City: Probably send box unless going into Big Bear Lake.<ref name=bugandmud />
* Big Bear Lake: Easy bus ride through town to grocery stores and Thai food. Mud says he had a free vegan grand slam at Denny's for veterans day breakfast. No need for box. Grocery store is good. Great Himalayan restaurant.<ref name=bugandmud />
* "Broadway" cafe has good vegan breakfast burritos.<ref name=bugandmud /> 

===Wrightwood===
* The Wrightwood Farmers Market has many vegan options.<ref name=11things />
* Maybe send box. Grocery store is okay. Coffee shop will make vegan breakfast burrito. Pizza place will make vegan no-cheese pizza, another place made us a vegan veggie burger. Good veggie sushi and stuff at the asian american restaurant.<ref name=bugandmud />
* Pizza place was great. Grocery is fine for basics.<ref name=bugandmud />

===Acton KOA===
* Sobey's Grocery Store has many vegan options.<ref name=11things />
* Minimal snacks at the campground store. Microwave, sink, stove available in community room until 6pm.<ref name=bugandmud />

===Agua Dulce===
* Big Mouth Pizza has vegan and gluten free options.<ref name=11things />
* Pretty good mexican food at the restaurant.<ref name=bugandmud /> 

===Tehachapi===
* No need to send box in Tehachapi, grocery store is good. Mojave also had a grocery store that didn't seem as great.<ref name=bugandmud /> 
* The bakery had a good sandwich.<ref name=bugandmud />

===Lake Isabella===
* No need for box. Pretty good grocery store. Vegetarian burrito available at Mexican Restaurant.<ref name=bugandmud /> 
* Pizza was good at the place next to the grocery store. We subbed cashews for cheese.<ref name=bugandmud />

===Lone Pine===
* Send box unless hitching to Bishop, grocery store may have ramen/oats but not much more. Restaurant options are mostly vegetarian friendly.<ref name=bugandmud />

===Independence===
* Send box unless hitching to Bishop. Subway is okay, gas station has regular gas station stuff.<ref name=bugandmud /> 

===Bishop===
* The Mountain Rambler Brewery has a seitan Reuben.
* No need for box. The grocery store was good and there were lots of vegan options in restaurants.<ref name=bugandmud /> 
* Hostel has a great kitchen and is a mile from a major grocery store.<ref name=bugandmud /> 

===Reds Meadow===
* The store here has some locally made vegan dehydrated backpacking food and other basic resupply if you don't want to get off trail.<ref name=bugandmud /> 

===Mammoth Lakes===
* No need to send box. Good vegan options at Stellar Brew and other places.<ref name=bugandmud /> 
* Plenty of options. They have a natural food store and a large grocery store.<ref name=bugandmud />

===Tuolumne Meadows===
* Maybe send a box here, but the store has pretty good vegetarian options for a resupply. The restaurant had a great vegan bean burger. If you hitch down to yosemite valley there is a full grocery store that's expensive but workable.<ref name=bugandmud /> 

===Sonora Pass / Kennedy Meadows North / Bridgeport===
* Send box to KMN for sure. Limited general store and restaurant has very limited vegan options, we made pasta with marinara and stayed at the campground.  Bridgeport is slightly better but still send box. Limited grocery store and not much vegetarian food in town.<ref name=bugandmud />

===Echo Lake===
* The camp store here has a few items. Send a box if possible, or hitch to South Lake Tahoe.<ref name=bugandmud /> 

===South Lake Tahoe===
* Easy resupply at grocery store or natural food market. Excellent vegan pizza (with vegan cheese!) available at Lake Tahoe Pizza Co.<ref name=bugandmud /> 
* Mellow Mountain hostel has a great kitchen facility, and a major grocery store is nearby. The Driftwood Cafe near the hostel has strong vegan brunch options.<ref name=bugandmud />

===Truckee===
* Good vegan resupply options. New Moon Natural Foods has lots of vegan options, and a smoothie bar.<ref name=bugandmud /> 

===Sierra City Country Store===
* Send a box. The general store has some good general items (ramen, oats), some produce, and a deli sandwich. The restaurants were willing to accommodate us if we asked, but not much vegan food on the menus.<ref name=bugandmud /> 

===Quincy===
* Quincy has an excellent Co-op. Quincy was one of my favorite stops. As a vegan, I would prioritize going into Quincy for resupply, over Belden, Chester, etc.<ref name=bugandmud />

===Belden & Little Haven===
* Send a box. The general store has some snacks but is pretty minimal. The restaurant was okay, and we had good potatoes and veggies for breakfast.<ref name=bugandmud />

===Chester===
* The grocery store was a few blocks down, and plenty large for a good vegan resupply. There's a candy store and an excellent pizza place.<ref name=bugandmud />
* Cravings has a soyrizo breakfast burrito.

===Drakesbad Guest Ranch===
* No store but pretty good breakfast and lunch. Oatmeal and fruit was good for breakfast, lunch was tacos. Portions were decent but it was expensive for mashed potatos and veggies<ref name=bugandmud />

===Old Station===
* Send a box. Bare minimum junk food resupply at the gas station here. We ate Campbells soup and spaghetti and were very sad until the post office opened.<ref name=bugandmud /> 

===Burney / Burney Falls Camp Store===
* Good options at the Burney grocery store. We got some frozen Annie's burritos/enchilladas at the camp store and microwaved them. Also plenty of junk food resupply, but can be expensive.<ref name=bugandmud /> 

===Mt. Shasta / Dunsmuir / Ammarati's Market===
* Ammarati's Market: Send a box. Okay snacks, beers, and a passable junk food resupply option. Recommend hitching to Mt. Shasta or Dunsmuir.<ref name=bugandmud /> 
* Dunsmuir: Has some pretty good restaurants with passable vegan options.
* Mt. Shasta: Has a fantastic co-op with great vegan options in the cafe (vegan ruben!), as well as all that you would want in the market, but is VERY expensive.<ref name=bugandmud /> 

===Etna===
* Has a small-ish grocery with some vegan options, produce. The cafe on the corner is nice, and the brew pub had a vegan option on the menu and excellent local brews.<ref name=bugandmud /> 

===Seiad Valley===
* The general store had an impressive array of ramen flavors including Chili flavor which was new to us. But otherwise it was not a good resupply stop.<ref name=bugandmud />

==Oregon==

===Ashland===
* Lots of vegan grocery stores and restaurants.<ref name=11things />
* No need for box. Super awesome co-op, vegan food everywhere.<ref name=bugandmud /> 

===Fish Lake Resort===
* Tater tots and beer. Some basic items at the store (ramen and oats).<ref name=bugandmud />

===Mazama Village Store===
* Send a box. The restaurant had okay vegan/vegetarian options, but expensive.<ref name=bugandmud />
* The restaurant had vegan options but they were disappointing. Not worth the price.<ref name=bugandmud />

===Shelter Cove Resort===
* Send a box. The store had almost no vegan options.<ref name=bugandmud /> 

===Elk Lake Resort===
* Good huevos rancheros at the restaurant - subbed potatoes instead of eggs and it came with tons of vegetables and acovado. Vegan lunch wasn't so great, we ended up with just hummus and pita<ref name=bugandmud /> 

===Sisters & Bend===
* Lots of food available in Bend, no need to send box. Veggie burger, beer and hot tub at McMenamins, lots of Thai places, etc.<ref name=bugandmud /> 

===Big Lake Youth Camp===
* Donation-based vegetarian buffet.<ref name=11things />

===Olallie Lake Resort===
* Good cold drinks and some snack foods. In 2015 they had newer owners and a lot of backpacking snacks. You could do a ramen/oats resupply here.<ref name=bugandmud /> 

===Timberline Lodge===
* Definitely send box. The Blue Ox in the basement was open until 11 pm and made us individual vegan pizzas. We slept out nearby and came back for the breakfast buffet. We explained we were vegan and they made us a veggie tofu scramble that was enormous and totally vegan and the best breakfast I had the whole trail. Lots of coffee and fruit too.  We had a box sent here for resupply.<ref name=bugandmud />

===Cascade Locks Ale House===
* Cascade Locks Ale House is SO nice to hikers and made us a vegan pizza no problem. We ordered extra italian dressing and pizza sauce for dipping.  <ref name=bugandmud />
* Probably send a box. Grocery store is better than a gas station but minimal, although they do have pints of vegan ice cream! Sometimes there are booths selling fruit near the Bridge of the Gods.<ref name=bugandmud /> 

==Washington==

===Trout Lake===
* Send a box. The general store has bare minimum - ramen and oats. Found good huckleberry lemonade and wood-fired pizza without cheese.<ref name=bugandmud />

===White Pass / Packwood===
* White Pass: Send a box if not hitching.<ref name=bugandmud /> 
* Packwood: Maybe send a box. The store was so accommodating and made awesome & affordable vegan sandwiches. We got a big pizza without cheese. Plenty of vegan snacks, better than a gas station. <ref name=bugandmud />

===Snoqualmie Pass===
* Send box. There's a great vegan curry at the Aardvark food truck. Make sure to check both hiker boxes (one at gas station and one at hotel). We don't recommend the restaurant at the hotel. Some snack options at the gas station and small grocery down the road.<ref name=bugandmud /> 

===Leavenworth / Skykomish===
* Send a box. There's a Safeway in Leavenworth if you want to hitch. Lots of traffic going both ways on Highway 2.<ref name=bugandmud /> 
* Skykomish: Some basic options at the gas station and the convenience store across the road.<ref name=bugandmud /> 

===Stehekin===
* Definitely send a box. Really good salad, bread at the bakery. Hummus sandwich was great.<ref name=bugandmud /> 


==References==

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[[Category: Pacific Crest Trail]]
[[Category: Food]]