How to Use backcountry in a Sentence

backcountry

noun

• The area around the site of the attack is being closed to backcountry travel for one week.
  — Andy Rose, CNN, 24 Aug. 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
• Some of the backcountry around Lake Tahoe was also closed Thursday for at least a month.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2021
• But the cost of admission to life outdoors, following your gun dog into the backcountry, isn’t cheap.
  — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2021
• The backcountry burned a year ago at Memorial and adjoining parklands.
  — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Aug. 2021
• The park has six campgrounds (about $16 to $34 per night) or guests can apply for a backcountry camping permit.
  — Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2021
• Federal authorities again closed off the backcountry near Tahoe.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2021
• That includes the ones surrounding Tahoe, where some of the region’s most popular trails, campgrounds, lakes and backcountry areas are located.
  — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Aug. 2021
• Access to the gate has been closed since two men died in January in avalanches in the adjacent unmaintained backcountry areas after leaving the resort through that point.
  — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Aug. 2021
• In the Gulf of Saint-Tropez, huge water-dropping planes could be seen swooping down to fill their bellies with water to dump across the flaming Riviera backcountry.
  — Arkansas Online, 19 Aug. 2021
• 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
• 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 north section is for the more backcountry hiker and offers more than 60 miles of trails.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 16 June 2023
• My time in the backcountry right now consists of shorter trips though.
  — WIRED, 1 Nov. 2023
• 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
• Part of this work was the construction of the backcountry shelters.
  — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 18 June 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• This is prime time for mushrooms in San Diego’s backcountry.
  — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2024
• Lantis was lost and just wanted to get out of Wyoming’s backcountry alive.
  — Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2021
• But thanks to a specialized 1800 mAH battery, this radio lasts up to five days, which is a big leap for hunters, backcountry skiers, and rescue personnel who spend multiple days in the backcountry.
  — Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2024
• Nunavik Parks offers summer and winter packages: go in summer for hiking and kayaking; winter for backcountry skiing, snowshoeing and snowmobiling.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024