Best Tires for Colorado?

[Doozi]

^ I loved my Silent Armors, but after I added bumpers I decided to upsize and went with DuraTracs for the more aggressive look. I think that Goodyear replaced the Silent Armors with a tire called the Adventure Kevlar.

By the way, I have a stack of five Silent Armors on Sport Edition rims that I'm planning to sell… PM me if interested.

 

[GMZ]

Ive had Cooper Discoverer and the GYSA. Ive only had the GYSA in the snow and Ive been pretty impressed over the past year or so. Skiing in VT, blizzards in ME, snowpocalypse in VA, driving up to Mt Hood every weekend for the past few months rain snow or shine. Theyve been great. A little noisier I find in both P and LT than the Coopers.

 

[Cruiseraus]

Tire recommendations for CO

I'm a huge fan of Toyo and Nitto, great mileage and looks and lots of selection. Even the trail and ridge grapplers get better mileage than other aggressive tires, great in snow and road noise is minimal.

 

[KaseyMcc]

I have been running Hankook DyanPro ATMs for probably around 25k miles or so - paid a little less than $650. 20k of those miles were put in in the Colorado Springs area, with trips to and from Breck almost every weekend during ski season for 3 seasons (both on 24 and I-25/I-70). Only off-roading were groomed trails to go shooting/car camping. I now have 10/32 left on them after the drive from CO back to OH. So fairly decent tread life for an all-terrain tire.
In CO I didn't notice a ton of road noise or any wah-wah-wah sounds But all the roads in CO are generally loud (I had a GTI with 18's), rough and gritty from people using studded tires all year round and the composition of the roads are different out there. I can tell you I notice the wah-wah sounds back here in OH because the blacktop on the highways are smooth - so I wouldn't worry about it out there. The Springs gets torrential rain storms in the summer and these tires performed great at all speeds. Drove it a lot in the snow on Hoosier pass and down the dreaded down-hill from Eisenhower tunnel to the Silverthrone area in a white out blizzard - did really well. Drove it this morning in the snow in 4wd, flying by everyone without issue. Hope this helps.

2nd this. I've got about 20K on my set of Hankook Dynapro ATM and they are great tires. Couple these tires with 4WD and you will go places you shouldn't...
Treadwear is great, grip in snow and ice is great, offroad (i don't wheel it, but I do get it muddy from time to time...) capability and on-road civility is also great. I'll probably only run this tire for the remainder of my 4Runner unless I decide to make it a dedicated off-roader on down the road.

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

I've only ever used Goodyear Wranglers, never had a problem and I get through snow no sweat.

 

[Timbo]

GY Wrangler Duratrac, the Best

 

[Sporin]

I love my General Grabber at2's here in Vermont. Good in the dry, quiet on-road, aggressive enough for light offroad, and excellent in the snow and slush. Mountain snowflake rated. Priced right, too.

Sounds like you might be looking for something a bit less aggressive though.

 

[smeagol]

Cooper Discoverer AT3 has a big following, won many online all terrain comparisons.

I went with a set of Cooper Discoverer ATP (very similar to AT3, slightly more aggressive lugs, but still all terrain rated) and have been very happy with their performance in all conditions. I haven't done any extreme trails, but have been in wet, snow, backcountry, and have towed with them.

Discount Tire carries them and regularly has good deals going on them. Currently have a $70 rebate when you buy a set of 4.

 

[Seymore Butts]

I've been using BFG Long Trail T/A for the past 10 years. Best tire I've ever had for city and off road use here in CO. Discount Tire seems to have the best price on them around here.

 

[Seymore Butts]

I should mention that their snow performance has been flawless. That's the most important part for me.

 

[Beebs]

More praise for the Goodyear Silent Armors. Best tires I've ever used in snow, quiet on the road, and I've even used them for a bunch of mild off roading.