he took a month's supplies and headed out to the backcountry
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The tests were conducted 26 years after the remains were first discovered in a sleeping bag in the backcountry of Washington state's Olympic National Park.—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 11 June 2026 Mountain bikers will find plenty to keep busy with on the backcountry dirt roads, too.—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026 Fewer than 3 percent of all wildfires start in wilderness or backcountry areas.—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 10 June 2026 Later, many crossed the Atlantic and settled the Colonial American backcountry.—Matthew Smith, The Conversation, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for backcountry