How to Use backcountry in a Sentence

backcountry

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  • The Buck Mountain Loop is a great way to see a big chunk of the backcountry.
    — oregonlive, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The two would camp in the backcountry for weeks at a time, tracking the movements of wildlife.
    — Josh Lew, Treehugger, 8 Mar. 2023
  • This recipe is a great way to spruce up a go-to backcountry meal.
    — Aleta Burchyski, Outside Online, 31 May 2021
  • The two then doubled up and rode out of the backcountry, the avalanche center said.
    — Pilar Arias, Fox News, 26 Dec. 2024
  • There's the wild: in treehouses or in a tent in the backcountry.
    — Andrea Reeves, The Enquirer, 16 May 2022
  • The avalanche was the deadliest in the U.S. since four backcountry skiers were killed in Utah two years ago.
    — Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2023
  • If your heart is set on the backcountry, book a guide and try ski touring.
    — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Tim Durtschi spends much of his winters in the backcountry.
    — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Oct. 2021
  • The area around the site of the attack is being closed to backcountry travel for one week.
    — Andy Rose, CNN, 24 Aug. 2021
  • The north section is for the more backcountry hiker and offers more than 60 miles of trails.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 16 June 2023
  • Hundreds of miles of roads and trails opened wild backcountry.
    — Michael Childers, The Conversation, 1 June 2021
  • Below is the gear that Ramsay uses to keep safe and make the most of his time spent in the backcountry in the winter months.
    — Katie Bradish, Outside Online, 15 Jan. 2025
  • My time in the backcountry right now consists of shorter trips though.
    — WIRED, 1 Nov. 2023
  • An avalanche watch is in effect for the backcountry areas in the Greater Lake Tahoe region due to the new snow and strong winds.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Who knew the practice would need to extend to backcountry climbers as well.
    — Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2025
  • After the attack, the man hiked out of the isolated backcountry near Dubois, Wyoming and called 911 for help.
    — Kris Millgate, Field & Stream, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Want to arrange a sushi chef to fly in to a backcountry airstrip for a night with a cooler of fresh sashimi?
    — Christopher Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2022
  • Some of the backcountry around Lake Tahoe was also closed Thursday for at least a month.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Part of this work was the construction of the backcountry shelters.
    — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 18 June 2024
  • Others tuck away in the backcountry in tents, limited to stays of two weeks at a time.
    — Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, 18 June 2021
  • In the park’s backcountry, on the other hand, 16 trails and service roads remain closed.
    — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Aug. 2021
  • The first one was a mule packing trip with some of the actors going miles into the backcountry.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The unpaved four-wheel-drive road cuts a solitary path through the backcountry of the park, the largest in the contiguous United States.
    — Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2021
  • As in draft map 1, District 1 would extend across the border from the beaches to the backcountry.
    — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2021
  • The center urged those in the backcountry to avoid steep slopes and to carry avalanche beacons, shovels, and probes.
    — Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Mar. 2022
  • The trail swings wide enough to brush close to a few homes, which comes as a surprise after so much quiet time in the backcountry.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2021
  • For backcountry skiers, nearly a foot of snow is forecast for Berthoud Pass and Jones Pass.
    — John Meyer, The Denver Post, 12 May 2024
  • On your next Western road trip, watch for wind turbines in the backcountry.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Forecasters say the small amount of rain the county got this week and about a week ago is producing green shoots of vegetation in the backcountry.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The total time for the mission was 13 hours—a grueling day of long hikes, technical climbing, and route-finding in the backcountry.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 5 Feb. 2025

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