I see it in terms of a holiday resort. There are popular times of the year, usually school holidays, public holidays, etc, which are "high season", when prices are much higher and holiday accommodation is usually completely booked up, and then the rest of the year with much less demand, and consequently lower prices, which is the "low season".
A "slack season" would be an unsuccessful "high season", i.e. it would be expected for everything to be booked up, yet it is not.