Mammoth Mountain debuts newest in ski area dining: snowcat food "trucks"

The national street food/truck/cart obsession is hitting the slopes. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that on December 18th, California's Mammoth Mountain Ski Area will unleash North America's only snowcat-mobile kitchen. Could this be the start of a new ski area dining trend?

Known as Roving Mammoth, the two "foodcats" are built from refurbished snowcats outfitted with small kitchens. They'll roam the mountain from 9am to 2:30pm, offering ravenous skiers and boarders carbo-loading in the form of burritos, calzones, and churros, as well as cold, non-alcoholic beverages.

The up-to-the-moment location of the 'cats can be found via a My Mammoth Twitter account (be sure to keep handwarmers in your gloves for faster burrito-seeking). Stops will include high-volume spots such as South Park, the top of Lift 14, and the bottom of Chair 9, but weather and events will also determine where the foodcats roam.

FYI, United and Horizon Air begin nonstop daily air service to Mammoth from the Bay Area on December 16th, via SFO and San Jose.

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