OP, You have advice from someone who actually lives in CO. That should weigh heavily on your decision. While I (very regretfully) don’t live there, I’ve visited many times and have friends out there. They run dedicated snows on their Subaru’s. If it were me, I’d buy no less and a 3 peak mountain snowflake rated tire (3PMS). Anything that doesn’t meet that rating shouldn’t even be on your radar.

I’m running the extremely highly regarded Falken Wildpeak AT3W. I was one of the originals and I’m on a second set. These tire are simply incredible in the snow and have never failed to impress me. Like it or not, Colorado is a much different beast than lame Illinois. I think you could get by with a good AT and if that’s all your budget allows, then do it. Otherwise, get steel wheels and dedicated snows.


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