How to Use backcountry in a Sentence

backcountry

noun

• Pets are not permitted on any hiking trail, in the backcountry, or in any body of water.
  — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 7 May 2021
• The site recently added hard-to-snag backcountry permits, too.
  — Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 7 May 2021
• The journey includes time spent in the backcountry and turns in untracked terrain.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2024
• 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
• Ski varieties include all-mountain skis, backcountry skis, cross-country, freestyle skis, racing skis and others.
  — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 17 Dec. 2024
• Importance of backcountry forests The deep woods, or old growth forests, serve as a refuge for what Rothrock called conservative species.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Nov. 2024
• 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
• People with backcountry permits or permits to hike Half Dome will similarly be granted entry.
  — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Apr. 2021
• But this enclosure facilitates a variety of approaches to backcountry bathing.
  — Kelly Bastone, Outside Online, 22 May 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
• This recipe is a great way to spruce up a go-to backcountry meal.
  — Aleta Burchyski, Outside Online, 31 May 2021
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 6 Jan 2025