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Find your kind of backcountry partner.

Connect with like-minded backcountry skiers, splitboarders and snowmobilers.

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‍$9.99 for season membership until midnight tonight.
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$39.99 $29.99 for the season.

A great partner makes for a better season.

Your team is the biggest factor
in both fun and safety

Membership means:
A community of engaged members
Backcountry-specific tools to connect
Local spaces for conditions and discussion
Expert-led teamwork discussions & content

Meet like-minded partners

As the only backcountry-specific partner network, you’re more likely to find your people.

Form teams, not just groups

Tools and content that recognize the outsized role human factors play on a trip.

Get outside!

Matching on availability and suggested routes help you get to the snow.

What people are saying

“SlabLab is more tailored to backcountry needs.
Facebook groups have tons of non-engaged users and trolls”
“I find it easier to build trust with folks on SlabLab than on Facebook.”

Features designed for every experience level.

And the risks and rewards of winter travel.

Find your people based on what’s important to you

Backcountry-specific profiles let you search for all the qualities you want in partners
  • Experience level and interests - From pros to beginners, technical ascents to low-angle powder.
  • Compatibility - Our top goal is to help you find people who share your style of planning, risk, pace, communication.
  • Availability - Tuesday laps before work or weekend warrior? The calendars have to align.
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Location
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Days of the week
Experience
Avy Courses
First Aid Ed.
Downhill ability
Gender
Age
Risk Tolerance
Communication Style
And more…

Regional groups,
designed for IRL connections

Read and share local trip reports, conditions and news in a clean, moderated space.
  • Stay on top of updates for your area or easily look around if you’re traveling.
  • Click to see anyone’s backcountry details, not a generic social media profile.
  • As a member you can have input into the community expectations we use to moderate.
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Don’t just meet partners, become a great one yourself

Interpersonal skills have an outsize impact on your fun and safety in the mountains.
  • The Better Team Workbook is a set of proven and practical advice and resources that act as a companion over the course of the season to help you refine the human skills that make the difference.
  • Our Ask the Community space lets you get feedback from peers and pros.
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Get in here, so you can get out there!

Start looking for great partners today.
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At Slablab we start with research and listening.

That’s how this partner network came to be. Our mission is to help our winter backcountry community have more fun and safe days. We do this by using deep, qualitative research to inspire innovative solutions.
Over three years and more than 50 interviews we found that finding partners was the single biggest pain point in the sport. Especially for experienced tourers! Now we’re using our insights into teamwork and education to inform this partner network and help people form better teams.
2021-22
A broad look
across the sport
2022-23
Finding partners and
building teams
2023-24
A Culture of Candor
on Backcountry Teams