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Mammoth Lakes Plant Based Food Guide for PCT Hikers
Mammoth Lakes is an easy vegan stop for meals and supermarket staples. Shop Vons or Grocery Outlet, eat at Elixir Superfood and Juice, the Smoke Shack or Stellar Brew, and check road and shuttle access from Red's Meadow, near mile 908, before you plan the trip in. Sierra Sundance, the old natural foods store with bulk bins, has closed, so buy TVP and bulk staples in Bishop or mail them here.
The short version
Mammoth is a resort town with full supermarkets and several cafes that do vegan food. The supermarkets carry ordinary vegan staples. What Mammoth lost is its natural foods store: Sierra Sundance has closed (its last reviews date to August 2021), and several hiker guides still send people there. If you rely on TVP, bulk beans or other specialty dry goods, buy them in Bishop or put them in a box to Mammoth.
Stores and restaurants
| Business | What a vegan can get | Status, with evidence date |
|---|---|---|
| Vons | Full supermarket staples | Hiker comments through May 2026 |
| Grocery Outlet | Discount staples, often natural brands; hikers’ recommended first stop | Hiker notes 2024 to 2025; listed 2026 |
| Latin Market | Small grocery | Hiker comments through July 2026 |
| Elixir Superfood and Juice | Cold-pressed juices, smoothie bowls, warm bowls, salads. Fully gluten free | HappyCow listing 2026; my receipt June 2021 |
| The Smoke Shack | Vegan milkshakes, vegan meatball sandwich | Hiker comment September 2025 |
| Stellar Brew and Natural Cafe | Vegan breakfast and lunch | Hiker comments June 2022 and June 2024; still listed 2026 |
| Noodle-ly | Hikers also report a standout soup menu that includes vegan soup | Hiker comment June 2024 |
| Red’s Meadow cafe and store | Vegan burger at the cafe; the store is thin for vegans | Burger praised July 2026; store called very limited in June 2024 and decent in July 2026. Seasonal; check the resort before planning a meal |
| Sierra Sundance Whole Foods | Nothing. The store closed | Permanently closed, last reviews August 2021. Halfmile’s 2023 notes still list a natural food store |
What I ate here
I came through Red’s Meadow and Mammoth on days 55 to 57, June 23 to 25, 2021.
On June 24 at Elixir I bought two cold-pressed green juices, Green Wonder and Daily Greens, two tahini chocolate chip cookies, a kombucha, a Runa and a shop-made vegan Snickers-style bar. Photo #1443 shows the juices and the bar. The same day an online order from GOJIRA brought a tofu and avocado salad, two ramen bowls with tofu and a sweet potato roll with avocado.
The resupply went out across the motel dresser (photo #1454): Minute Rice, Barilla spaghetti, Mom’s Best quick oats, Artisana nut butter, chia, an omega-3 nut and seed mix, Popcorners, ProBar, Luna and Solely fruit bars, and Muir Energy gels. Other photos from that stop show McCormick Bac’n Pieces, Near East couscous, miso soup, Mrs. Dash, carrots, avocados, kiwis and tortillas.
Grocery Outlet had a lot of good vegan options for the resupply.
GOJIRA, at 452 Old Mammoth Road, was taking online orders in October 2026. Its current menu lists the Mothramen with veggie broth. The standard Gojiramen comes with egg, so ask staff to confirm the noodles and toppings when you order it vegan. Looney Bean, at 26 Old Mammoth Road, was still open in 2026, with Yelp reviews through September 2026.
Getting to town from the trail
Mammoth is reached from Red’s Meadow, near mile 908, by shuttle bus into Mammoth. The 2026 shuttle schedule runs Saturdays and Sundays through October 11. Road construction affects access; check the current road and bus schedule before planning a trip.
I hitched from Red’s Meadow with a day hiker who was stoked to talk with PCT people.
Mail drops
Mammoth’s post office takes general delivery. A June 2026 hiker reported no Saturday pickup, after conflicting pickup-window reports in 2025, so confirm your pickup day before mailing. Mammoth Coffee Roasting Co accepts packages, though one hiker’s was returned to sender in 2024. With full supermarkets in town, a box only makes sense for the specialty staples you can’t buy here anymore. Mammoth is also a good town to assemble a box for the remote stops north of it.
Related pages
The full trail-order table is in the vegan PCT resupply guide. Read Bishop to Mammoth via Muir Pass; the Sierra section page has the map and the legs that are live, including Kennedy Meadows to Bishop.
Checked October 5, 2026: FarOut hiker comments through September 2026, web listings (HappyCow, Wanderlog, TripAdvisor, the National Park Service and Eastern Sierra Transit pages, Halfmile’s 2023 town notes), and my own 2021 receipts and photos.
From my 2021 stop
