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If you so all types all the time, then it doesn't matter what you get. So pick the type of driving you do most of the time and get a tire that works for that. Or you can go with different combinations of hybrid tires. One ice lots of tread snips works best with studs which is the opposite of the open lug type. On ice though, these fail pretty bad which is my they normally add metal studs to them. If you deal with powder and larger "open lug" pattern like mud tires have is better. Because of the ice, studless in general work great because the snow is here and gone in less than 3 weeks or it's cold enough in the mountains to be frozen anyway. Here in the PWN we get one kind of snow, "wet cement." It is the slickest snow you will ever see as it is always ice and melting at the same time. The first thing to understand is you can have specialized tires for anything, or you can get general tires for anything. I've had many different types of snow tires on different vehicles.
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Basically, I'm worried about driving down these roads when there isn't much/any snow compared to 2000ft up in elevation where ice and snow is constant.Īny opinions would be greatly appreciated. The roads are ridiculously steep and curvy, there is no guad-rail and after all I've read, it seems the studded don't perform nearly as well*in those conditions. Well, I'm worried about going into the valley when there is no snow or is simply wet. Sounds like a no brainier, right? Well, after I leave the Nat'l Forest and start my commute to work, it's a 15 mile travel on a 2-lane paved state highway, then a 5 mile decent into a valley that gets practically no snow. I live off a mountain road in the National Forest and studded tires would be awesome for my first full winter up here. I live at almost 9000ft elevation and the snow pack here can get serious, not to mention the ice during snowmelt and refreezing. So I was considering Firestone Winterforce studded tires for high up in the Colorado mountains. Sorry to post another winter/snow tire thread but after all my research I still cannot decide what is appropriate. Before anyone asks, yes they're legal here.