sidecountry
n.— «Of the 43 deaths recorded by avalanche researchers in North American this season, almost a fifth have been in what is sometimes called the sidecountry, the areas adjacent to ski areas.» —“Around the Mountains: Cold kills half of Alberta’s beetles” by Allen Best Summit Daily News (Frisco, Colorado) Mar. 1, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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