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

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026

Six members of the 15-person backcountry ski group were rescued early this week.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

Only 3 percent of Shenandoah’s two million annual visitors go more than a few yards into what is generously termed the backcountry.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson