Backcountry
Gear company name
Backcountry is remote, undeveloped land far from settlements and roads.
The term often describes wilderness areas used for hiking, camping, or skiing beyond groomed trails and marked boundaries: We packed in supplies for a week in the backcountry.
Backcountry skiing means skiing on unpatrolled terrain, away from ski resort infrastructure.
Spread widely apart
- primitiveIn earliest form
- hammockHanging fabric bed
- tarpWaterproof protective sheeting
- bushcraftWilderness survival skill set
bivy · groundsheet · stealth · boondocking · permit · campsite · firepit · potable
Distant or controller
- untouchedNot contacted or affected
- pristinePure and untouched
- ruggedTough and uneven
- isolatedSeparated from others
uncharted · wild · roadless · uninhabited · primitive · frontier · outback · hinterland
Hiking path entrance
- scrambleMix into disorder
- orienteeringCompetitive terrain navigation sport
- bushwhackSurprise attack from cover
- waypointNavigation reference location
cairn · ridge · elevation · summit · switchback · exposure · scree · talus
dispersed
Spread widely apart
bushcraft · bivy · groundsheet · stealth · boondocking · permit · campsite · firepit · potable · filtration
remote
Distant or controller
isolated · uncharted · wild · roadless · uninhabited · primitive · frontier · outback · hinterland · bush
trailhead
Hiking path entrance
- scrambleMix into disorder
- orienteeringCompetitive terrain navigation sport
- bushwhackSurprise attack from cover
waypoint · cairn · ridge · elevation · summit · switchback · exposure · scree · talus · navigation
powder
Fine dry particles
skinning · alpine · chute · bowls · couloir · snowpack · ungroomed · descents · steep · freshies
elk
Large North American cervid
- glassingSmoothing to shine
- spot-and-stalkHunting by visual location then approach
- buglingPlaying a valveless horn
wallows · rut · draw · tag · outfitter · quarters · trophy · horseback · rifle · archery
- Carolina HistoryCharleston, Lowcountry, Piedmont, colonial era, antebellum era
- Kitchen BrandsAll-Clad, Cuisinart, KitchenAid, Le Creuset, Lodge
- survival storiesescape story, wilderness survival, shipwreck tales, shipwreck, sea survival
- GreenwichRoyal Observatory, prime meridian, Greenwich Mean Time, GMT, Cutty Sark
- Northern BCTerrace, Smithers, Prince George, Stewart, Mackenzie
- Western ColoradoMesa Verde, Telluride, Durango, Montrose, Cortez
Backcountrycity
Large populated area
metropolis · urban area · downtown · metropolitan · urban core
Backcountryfrontcountry
Accessible park areas
trailhead · main road · visitor center · base camp · basecamp
Backcountryfrontcountry
Accessible park areas
car camping · glamping · resort · RV park · picnic area
back, country, backs, backed, backing, backside, backward, backwards, backbone