backcountry

Example Sentences

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The backcountry of the French resort area offers luxury home buyers a more laid-back, rustic feel.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 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 members of the 15-person backcountry ski group were rescued early this week.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

The backcountry ski trip to the Frog Lake huts is described by Blackbird Mountain Guides as a way to access “some of the best backcountry skiing terrain in North Lake Tahoe.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

The route takes her down the street of a town, North Bend, and on a backcountry road through a long stretch of green meadow.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti