A backcountry area in general terms's a geographical region that's: isolated remote undeveloped difficult to access The term may apply to various regions that're reasonably close to urban areas but are: not immediately accessible by road at relatively high altitude not frequented by human visitors limited to human-powered visitors While the term "backcountry"'s roughly comparable to the term "wilderness", they aren't necessarily equivalent. "Wilderness" implies more the condition where… (More on Backcountry)