excursionist

Example Sentences

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The Yorkshire Dales provide excursionists with breathtaking views and scenic routes.

From National Geographic

"Rescue operations are in progress following a large ice avalanche involving excursionists", the Trento provincial government said, adding that there was likely to be a "heavy toll" of injuries or deaths.

From Reuters

The dead were in a group of backcountry excursionists who climb above tree line to the mountain crest and then ski down.

From US News

Either two tired and hungry excursionists must make a night of it, shut in by a canyon in front and in the rear, or the second one must be crossed without delay.

From Project Gutenberg

Here and there, too, are scattered little green islands, set like gems on the bosom of the hushed waters, between which the excursionist, the trader, or the pirate, is wont to steer his course.

From Project Gutenberg