Sentence examples for while backcountry from inspiring English sources

Last winter, Mike Elggren, a forty-one-year-old friend of McLean's, was caught in a slide while backcountry skiing in British Columbia.

Narrow, winding mountain passes climb high into the clouds, while backcountry jungle tracks test the limits of your navigation skills.

While backcountry backpacking she found that the portable food choices were not consistent with how she was advising people to eat during sports activity and exertion.

He tells me he'll never forget seeing one woman sit in her car by a hill every day for three months as a search party tried to locate her only son, an Iraq vet killed while backcountry snowboarding.

Yosemite has adopted an aggressive plan of prescribed burns while allowing backcountry fires caused by lightning strikes to burn unimpeded as long as they don't threaten park facilities.

Easily accessible scenic areas would stay open, they said, while isolated backcountry trails could close because of safety risks and fewer staff members in position to respond in emergencies.

TUMBLING into a near-frozen creek on a 6-degree day while skiing the backcountry would typically be a sobering event.

Locals and visitors at Jackson Hole have been advised to stay out of the backcountry while the resort tries to keep the upper mountain open and safe.

Ski-mountaineering racing, usually called SkiMo in Europe, is a mountain man's steeplechase up, down and around high peaks while wearing ultralight backcountry gear that's built to climb: matchstick skis, slipper-light carbon-fiber ski boots, climbing skins that grip the snow.

Before Aragón levels out, Alquézar is a pyramid-shaped, defile-top village and one of the canyoning capitals of Europe, while the isolated backcountry of El Maestrazgo is truly one of Spain's most delightfully forgotten corners.

The company rule is that all guides must have at least three years of experience to lead trips--and when you (as a guest) are in a place that is as wild and crazy as Alaska is, the feeling of safety while in the backcountry is extremely important.