Some rhetorical devices that are used in "Carry Your Own Skis" are repetition and allusion.
Repetition is used when the author describes her attitude toward life using the phrase "To the lodge and back, baby". This is done in paragraph 8, and in the final paragraph.
The entire lead-in story about the author's family's experiences with skiing is an allusion used to set the article's later theme of being responsible for oneself and persevering.