back country

Example Sentences

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They include areas popular with hillwalkers, climbers and back country skiers.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

But in the back country, you’re completely on your own.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

In a cemetery on a back country road near Sacramento, three rows of granite gravestones bear the same inscription: “Unknown, moved from Negro Hill Cemetery by the U.S. Government — 1954.”

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2024

“They were in the back country to camp.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2023

And who will they find to take food from out in the back country?

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson