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Chandi hauled a pulk — a Nordic sled — named after her niece Simran and laden with almost 200 pounds of equipment, including freeze-dried meals.

“And if you don’t, there are cheaper options. You can get a plastic pulk or I’ve seen homemade versions.”

With built-in storage pockets, the Chariot makes it easy to bring Halm’s suggested kid outing essentials like treats, hot cocoa, hand warmers and extra gloves, though she keeps as much as possible in a hip pack to avoid unstrapping from the pulk more than necessary.

Halm’s oldest has since graduated to skiing on her own, but the pulk makes for a convenient hybrid day: She can ski solo, and when she gets tired, she can hold onto the back of the pulk with a tow strap.

At the Chickadee Trailhead, I found it fairly intuitive to reassemble the pulk, which consists of a small enclosed cabin on two skis that attaches to a harness via long poles.