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Backcountry vs Backpacking - What's the difference?

backcountry | backpacking |

As nouns the difference between backcountry and backpacking

is that backcountry is a remote region; the boondocks while backpacking is hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.

As a verb backpacking is

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backcountry

English

(wikipedia backcountry)

Alternative forms

* back country

Noun

  • A remote region; the boondocks.

    • See also

    * wop-wops * hinterland

    backpacking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (-)
  • hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.
  • low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations.