backpacking

Example Sentences

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The Gatlinburg, Tenn., company offers special viewing tours and backpacking trips in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

At his condo last fall, Pretti was preparing for a biking and backpacking trip in Utah.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

These campgrounds are considered “moderate” because they either do not offer water but still offer car camping or they require a short backpacking trip.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025

Its parking situation was inconvenient, bordering on inaccessible, and the journey from curb to gate and vice versa was the airport version of backpacking the Appalachian Trail.

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2025

No one would suspect the pair with long hair and scruffy beards who blended in with all of the other college students backpacking through Europe.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti