snowhook

plural snowhooks

1. A hook used to anchor a sled to snow or ice.

   Leaving the ship, I lifted snowhooks and sledded over toward the Canadian border.

   2013, Larry Kaniut, Tales from the Edge: True Adventures in Alaska

   1 more example

   A dog sled snowhook works almost as well, though they are tougher to work in overflows.

   2020 December 26, John Schandelmeier, “The first step in extracting your snowmachine from overflow: Avoid overflow”, in Anchorage Daily News