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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

It’s tucked in an old-growth redwood tree in the backcountry of the park, in Humboldt County, where there are no roads and a creek presents an impassable barrier, Williams-Claussen said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

Inside he found a hidden camera feeding a vast surveillance network that logs the license plate of every driver passing through this stretch of remote backcountry between San Diego and the Arizona state line.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026

Although he was rash, untutored in the ways of the backcountry, and incautious to the point of foolhardiness, he wasn’t incompetent—he wouldn’t have lasted 113 days if he were.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer