All season tires with snow capability

[Shel_B]

I was going to mention those as well. Friends who live at 5,000 feet in Nevada use them, and smile while doing so.

I was waiting at a Costco the other day for my family and they had some oddball looking Michelin tires stacked that had the snowflake on a mountain symbol on the sidewall. I'm pretty sure they were supposed to be all-season tires. Weird too as they had B traction rating (which is wet traction), an A temperature rating, and a 640 treadwear rating.

After looking it up they're the Michelin CrossClimate 2.

 

[manicrodder]

I'm not sure if the OP is after an all season to use in all seasons, or a decent a/s that can handle "some" snow in the off chance of snow during the other three seasons, but still plans to use snows in winter. That is what I do: I run RT43's, which are deemed "ok" in snow, but swap on real winter tires for Dec-April. If it snows outside of that window then it's not like I'm driving on bald tires.

Nail on the head.

 

[Skippy722]

I had RT43’s on my 300 and was happy with them. Put BFGoodrich Advantage T/A Sport LT’s on our van, which are 3PMSF rated, and they handled snow incredibly well.

 

[odie]

I have Firestone Weather Grips on my 2012 Fusion. Works great in the snow and wet. They are quieter than dedicated snow tires.

Here they are . Impressive looking . Plenty of deep sipes to base of tire . Right to left .

 

[skrypj]

Roads are typically plowed quickly and it snows here less you than you think. My car is AWD and legal with MS tires.

I live up by Park City at 6500' and the winters here are 10x milder than they were in MA. It snows, they plow, the sun comes out, and the roads are dry within like 2 hours.

 

[Zee09]

Hankook Kinergy PT H737 were awesome this year in ice and snow.
Seemed to do great at everything.

A 90k mile tire that is a bit stiffer than the norm. If you have a rattle trap these might not be ideal.

 

[slacktide_bitog]

Any 3-peak should do. The Nokian WRG4 is said to be the best in snow, but it's not the only choice. Other 3-peak tires include:
Toyo Celsius
Vredestein Quatrac 5
Michelin CrossClimate
Hankook Kinergy 4S2
Milestar AW365
Kumho Solus HA31 or HA32
Cooper Enduramax

Goodyear also makes the Weatherready, but a lot of people on here don't like Goodyear.

What is your tire size?

 

[manicrodder]

Any 3-peak should do. The Nokian WRG4 is said to be the best in snow, but it's not the only choice. Other 3-peak tires include:
Toyo Celsius
Vredestein Quatrac 5
Michelin CrossClimate
Hankook Kinergy 4S2
Milestar AW365
Kumho Solus HA31 or HA32
Cooper Enduramax

Goodyear also makes the Weatherready, but a lot of people on here don't like Goodyear.

What is your tire size?

Don't hold me to it but 235-55-19 I think. I didn't care for the Eagles but the comparison review I read said the Good year and Firestone were both good.

 

[manicrodder]

I live up by Park City at 6500' and the winters here are 10x milder than they were in MA. It snows, they plow, the sun comes out, and the roads are dry within like 2 hours.

Same here and 25X milder than Great Falls; 20X less than Denver.

 

[UG_Passat]

Park City isn't in the Big Cottonwood Canyon area, right?

I live up by Park City at 6500' and the winters here are 10x milder than they were in MA. It snows, they plow, the sun comes out, and the roads are dry within like 2 hours.

Over in Snowbird, when they had the Subaru Ascent, it was rolling on Nokian Hakka R3's

IMG_20200127_212930733 by thisistan, on Flickr

 

[skrypj]

Park City isn't in the Big Cottonwood Canyon area, right?

Over in Snowbird, when they had the Subaru Ascent, it was rolling on Nokian Hakka R3's

IMG_20200127_212930733 by thisistan, on Flickr

No its not. Park city is kind of on the back side of the same mountain range as the cottonwoods though. There are localized areas that get more snow, but in general its very mild here.

Wyoming is a different ballgame though. With the wind it gets wild. I drove from Denver to Rawlins, WY in a bad storm and is the only time I was legitimately nervous driving in snow. I could barely tell where the road was because of all the drifting snow.

 

[Blinker]

I’ve heard positive things about the Arizonan Silver Edition being good in snow.

 

[UG_Passat]

No its not. Park city is kind of on the back side of the same mountain range as the cottonwoods though. There are localized areas that get more snow, but in general its very mild here.

Wyoming is a different ballgame though. With the wind it gets wild. I drove from Denver to Rawlins, WY in a bad storm and is the only time I was legitimately nervous driving in snow. I could barely tell where the road was because of all the drifting snow.

Inside the canyon area, UT (ie going to Snowbird, Alta, Solitude) has its own on tire traction regulations.

I don't recall Little Cottonwood Rd getting cleared of snow that quick, they would let the snow freeze over into ice, then eventually get around to plowing it.

Mammoth Lakes is even worse. They plow, and if you're lucky, they'll throw some gravel on top. The last time I had to take the parking shuttles to the main lodge, the shuttle got stuck in the iced over plowed snow and they didn't have the foresight to put chains on them.

 

[Jetronic]

My 300 is going to need new tires this summer. I live at 6000 feet so snow happens. The Conti Is good choice but Goodyear has an assurance weatheready and Firestone has a weather track. It appears they have better snow performance than standard A/S tires. Does anyone have knowledge of these?
I had no use for the Eagles but maybe this Goodyear is better.

Firestone weather grip compared to 2 all-season tyres and a winter tyre, on snowy hill.

 

[skrypj]

Inside the canyon area, UT (ie going to Snowbird, Alta, Solitude) has its own on tire traction regulations.

I don't recall Little Cottonwood Rd getting cleared of snow that quick, they would let the snow freeze over into ice, then eventually get around to plowing it.

Mammoth Lakes is even worse. They plow, and if you're lucky, they'll throw some gravel on top. The last time I had to take the parking shuttles to the main lodge, the shuttle got stuck in the iced over plowed snow and they didn't have the foresight to put chains on them.

yeah except they dont enforce that crap. Ive been up little cottonwood in storms and the cops were sitting at the bottom letting Nissan Sentra rental cars up. Fwd with all seasons. They would get stuck in the middle of the road and people would have to go around them. But other people would lose momentum and also get stuck.

the cottonwoods are different because it snows so much there. I feel like rarely isnt snowing just because of how those canyons capture moisture. The point i am trying to make is that very few people actually live there and, other than going up once in a while for a powder day, most people arnt encountering conditions like that here.

i always ran Wrangler Duratracs on my trucks and never had an issue in snow. Dedicated snow tires are better but I never found it necessary for day to day driving here.

 

[avi]

check out Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4

tire rack did a winter preview of these, and they seem to really like them:

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/testDisplay.jsp?ttid=257

Has Michelin changed the landscape of light snow traction in the Ultra High Performance All-Season tire category? We can't yet say with absolute certainty, but this initial impression indicates the Pilot Sport All Season 4 could be a game-changer

 

[UG_Passat]

check out Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4

tire rack did a winter preview of these, and they seem to really like them:

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/testDisplay.jsp?ttid=257

Good thing TireRack and Michelin didn't do the demonstration on public roads, as they would have been illegal in the province of Quebec during that time.

 

[Andrew1972]

General Altimax are very popular all season tires that do better than average in the snow.

I found the same with the budget friendly RT43 on my wife's 18 Tiguan.

 

[Vercingetorix]

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[manicrodder]

Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.

Sounds good. Some places now, the men are men and so are the women!