Long considered the mecca of the east coast's backcountry ski set, the east side of the mountain is also home to some of the C.C.C.'s finest handiwork: the John Sherburne Ski Trail, cut in 1934, and the Gulf of Slides Trail, cut in 1935.
Jonathan Cohen, 45, who investigators believe has been setting wildfires in San Diego's backcountry for years, was convicted of starting five fires along Lake Wohlford Road in Valley Center, Wildcat Canyon Road in Lakeside and Highway 67 in 2014 and 2015.
DENVER — Five snowboarders were killed Saturday afternoon after apparently setting off an avalanche atop Colorado's Loveland Pass, a popular spot for backcountry enthusiasts, a law-enforcement official said.
Setting goals, making a plan, managing resources (food, fuel, etc)., working as a team, and remaining flexible are crucial to a successful backcountry expedition and the expedition of life.
A Manhattanite without a car, boat or plane who doesn't set foot on backcountry trails more than five times a year should not be investing in a GPS receiver, but the Garmin Oregon is so much fun that I navigate to everything.
The lodge, which we reach by a three-hour bus ride from Banff, Alberta, and a 15-minute helicopter flight over a partly logged forest, is a really small luxury hotel set in the backcountry, with its own wine cellar, pastry chef, masseuse, sauna, whirlpool spa and indoor climbing wall.
Set in the North Carolina backcountry of the mid-19th century, this 1962 novel revolves around two religious visionaries who struggle to bring faith and dignity to a primitive valley community, a mission eventually undone by an excess of zeal.
Tioga Road, the main east-west roadway to the backcountry in Yosemite National Park, is set to open for the season at noon Wednesday, a national park release says.
"The Wolverine Way" calls into question the propriety of Montana's trapping season on wolverines (admittedly small), and specifies the threat of the hundreds of thousands of traps set throughout the American backcountry for other midsized carnivores, traps that are capable of killing wolverines.
The cabins and yurts are set in the park's backcountry, requiring a hike of a couple of hundred yards, or up to four miles.
