Pull Up a Chair in the Parking Lot

If you’re on a ski vacation in a town that offers a bus service to the slopes, you put your gear on in the hotel room. But what if you drive?

You’ll have to drive in street shoes, most likely, and swap them out for boots once you arrive. You could carry your boots to the chalet and change there. You might be able to change while sitting inside your vehicle, if there’s enough space.

Or you could put an old folding chair in the trunk.

Then you’ve got a stable platform for sitting on, and changing into your boots. During mud season, you might wish to set the chair on a piece of cardboard.