# Event Details

- **Event Name**: THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL: THEN & NOW
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 16 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: NOTE new date and location!

THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL: THEN & NOW, with Andy Walsh
Thursday, April 16th at 6:00pm at the Readfield Town Office (8 Old Kents Hill Road).

After hiking most of the Pacific Crest Trail in 1980, Readfielder Andy Walsh walked the final 875 miles of the PCT in 2025. Please join Andy on a photographic tour of the trail and hear how the hiking world and the trail itself have changed over the last 45 years. 

This event is free and open to all and is hosted by Readfield Community Library and ReadfieldU.  Plenty of time for audience Q & A.

About the presenter: J. Andrew Walsh grew up in Massachusetts and has worked as an environmental consultant, ecologist, freelance photographer, and most recently as a biologist with the Maine Department of Transportation. Ecology, hiking, photography, and writing have long been his passions. He and wife, Becky, have lived in Readfield since 2012.

Registration is requested (as it will help us plan our event space), but not required. https://www.readfieldmaine.gov/recreation-community-programming/readfield-u/pages/registration
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/readfield/the-pacific-crest-trail-then-and-now/200029932955241
- **Event Categories**: trips-adventures, trekking
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 11

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Readfield
- **state**: ME
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Town of Readfield, Maine
- **lat**: 44.388156071634
- **long**: -69.970453353791
- **full address**: Town of Readfield, Maine, 8 Old Kents Hill Rd.,Readfield, Maine, United States

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL: THEN & NOW being held?
  - **A:** THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL: THEN & NOW takes place on Thu, 16 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Thu, 16 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm at Town of Readfield, Maine, 8 Old Kents Hill Rd.,Readfield, Maine, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL: THEN & NOW?
  - **A:** THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL: THEN & NOW is organized by Readfield Community Library.

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