What is Slopes Explore?

Slopes Explore is new for the 2026/27 season. It's a new subscription tier, and a new set of mapping tools, some of which are free for everyone.

The easiest way to think about it: Explore is for before you leave the house. The rest of Slopes (live tracking, Find My Friends, stats and Replay) is for the day itself, while it's happening or after.

What does it do?

Explore helps you answer the questions you'd ask when planning a day out, like:

• How steep is this, and which way does it face?
• When does the sun first hit this slope, and where will the snow stay good the longest?
• Where has the wind likely moved the snow?
• What are the avalanche forecasters saying today?

It's made up of two things:

• Your own map library: save routes, places, areas and collections, import them from other apps, and export them again. This part is free.

  

• Tools to help you understand the terrain: map overlays, detailed route profiles, sun exposure, a route editor, and offline maps for anywhere you choose. Most of these need an Explore subscription, which also includes everything in Slopes Plus.

Who is it for?

Explore is built mostly for backcountry and off-piste skiers and riders. But if you're chasing the best snow inside the resort, you'll get a lot out of it too.

And building your own map library is for anyone. Favorite tree runs, secret stashes, jump spots: if you want to add your own spots to the map, you can do that for free.

Does anything change about recording?

No. Recording, your Logbook, Find My Friends and everything else work exactly the way they always have.

The one change you'll notice is that the Resorts tab is now the Guide tab.