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Backcountry (noun) means Wild, out-of-the-way countryside that is hard to reach.

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Wild, out-of-the-way countryside that is hard to reach.

"Recreationists use either the frontcountry or the backcountry—or both. The standard definition of “frontcountry” is an area that can be reached in a day. You do not stay out overnight." — Andrew Gulliford, Outdoors in the Southwest: An Adventure Anthology (2014)

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