Gluten Free Thru Hike

[Laurappalachia]

I'll be attempting a thru hike this year and I've been faced with the unfortunate burden of a gluten allergy...

I'm looking for food suggestions that'll give me the sustenance I need to roll on, and are hopefully delicious at the same time.
I appreciate any ideas you guys have to offer!

[Rocket Jones]

You'll be able to resupply from some places on the trail, but I'd seriously start thinking about mail drops. Check out the resupply articles on the main page.

[Venchka]

Food For Life makes gluten free products suitable for the trail. Their products are in most larger, chain type supermarkets.
http://www.foodforlife.com/products?tid_1=All&tid=2
Many Lara bars are gluten free and widely available.
My favorite trail bar: Boone Barrs. Several items are wheat free. Call and ask if they are also gluten free.
http://happymountainfoods.com/shop.aspx?category=9
Earth Fare is an amazing food store chain throughout the southeast USA. Their vegan and gluten selections occupy a large part of each store. Their grass fed beef is to die for!
https://www.earthfare.com/our-stores/

Walmart does gluten free too.

Good luck. Have fun!

Wayne

[gsingjane]

Two other sources for you - you may know that ALDI, of all places, now carries an extensive line of gluten-free food. If you can take a run up to Northampton, Deals & Steals also carries practically every gluten-free product there is, and at a discount too. You never know what you'll find, but it is worth a trip!

Jane

[upstream]

Grits in the south. See the Curried Grits thread for recipes.

[Hot Flash]

For backpackers with celiac disease (the rare and only reason one would have to remove gluten from their diet), just Google "backpacking with celiac".

[DBCFlash]

Not the only reason. Eosinophilic esophagitis is often triggered by gluten and is really bad news on the trail.