backcountry

Example Sentences

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It burned through Water Canyon Campground, where I spent my final night in relative comfort after roughing it in the backcountry.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

I do look forward to taking them backcountry skiing come winter.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

That heritage gave both him and the backcountry settlers he epitomized their combative sense of equality and dignity—rooted in the history of British impositions on their ancestral lands in Ulster.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Six were close friends who had together planned the backcountry ski trip.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026

She and a group of friends had gone backcountry mountain climbing and skiing, crossing over glaciers and racing down snowy peaks hundreds of miles away from Mount St. Helens.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone