Carries children around end of hike (5)
I believe the answer is:
totes
'carries' is the definition.
(toting is a kind of carrying)
'children around end of hike' is the wordplay.
'children' becomes 'tots' (tot is a kind of child).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'end of' says to take the final letters.
The final letter of 'hike' is 'e'.
'tots' enclosing 'e' is 'TOTES'.
(Other definitions for totes that I've seen before include "Bears" , "Carries or shoulders" , "Carries the betting system" , "Carries, drags" , "Carries, lugs" .)