Tested: Best All-Terrain A/T Tires in Snow & Ice

[TrailAdventurer]

Howdy,



Tyre Reviews is my favorite go-to for tire reviews. Especially when it comes to snow/wet/ice for whichever vehicle I'm shopping for.

Since many of us in this space are using LT ATs instead of P-rated tires, and the season's upon us for snow in the upright hemisphere, thought you may enjoy.

Owning 2 sets of MTs right now, I've found them a very good offroad tire. Not yet having used either vehicle with them in heavy winter yet, I already expected MTs with their big blocks and fewer sipes, to fall well-behind the KO3s.

Good for weekend tyre researching


Tires Tested:
Mickey Thompson Baja Boss AT
Nokian Outpost nAT
Toyo Open Country AT III
BFGoodrich All Terrain T/A KO3
Falken Wildpeak AT4W

Test Size: LT 265/70 R17
Temperature Range: -7°C to -13°C
Location: Controlled snow and ice testing facility

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[Taco Ji]

This was common knowledge I thought. Falken AT4W dominates all. That’s was the reason I got the Falken.

 

[907Yota]

There are too many options out there now to try out 5 tires and claim you have the best. There are many You Tubers doing empirical testing on many different brands often out scoring these.

I have found a lot of it is personal preference after 49 years of Alaska driving.

I’ve been running KO2’s for years but going to try out Bridgestone A/T this winter.

 

[trailhunger]

Or just use ChatGPT5 do a true deep dive and stop wasting your time watching jabronis with staches looking to scrape some pennies… “like & subscriber breh”

 

[GMak621]

I agree on the Baja Boss ATs. Excellent tire!

 

[wire4money]

Pretty much my experience. The BFG ko2 everyone said was so good just packed full of snow rending them useless. The Fslkens were far superior.

 

[bitflogger]

There are too many options out there now to try out 5 tires and claim you have the best. There are many You Tubers doing empirical testing on many different brands often out scoring these.

I have found a lot of it is personal preference after 49 years of Alaska driving.

I’ve been running KO2’s for years but going to try out Bridgestone A/T this winter.

Yes. There are many good contenders, the A/T class alone has its extremes and types. With a lot of experience with 3PMSF including dedicated and the year-round types, there are important things to consider. Even being a powder chaser, I still have to do no shortage of pavement driving and distances where many 3PMSF tires are not so great.

I did notice Bridgestone entered the year-round 3PMSF with an A/T road friendly model I'll look into, and I'll compare to the BFG Trail Terrain TA that please me more than expected.

 

[Mtn.Ta_CO_man]

I’ve been running KO2’s for years but going to try out Bridgestone A/T this winter.

After being rather disappointed and annoyed with the Falken tiers my truck came with, 2k miles and basically legally bald, I ended up with the Bridgestone a/t ascent. So far very happy with how they handle but no snow in my area yet to see how they handle that. Very much looking forward to it, I have always enjoyed playing in snow!

 

[Glizzy]

This was common knowledge I thought. Falken AT4W dominates all. That’s was the reason I got the Falken.

In their testing, the Falken was the slowest in the test and did not dominate anything.

 

[Bannedname]

This was common knowledge I thought. Falken AT4W dominates all. That’s was the reason I got the Falken.

I'm not sure how you're interpreting this to read as AT4W is the better tire.

 

[Datrane01]

I'm not sure how you're interpreting this to read as AT4W is the better tire.

The chart shows how much time it took to complete the track, so lower is better.

 

[Taco Ji]

What I’m saying is that review is BS.
Go look at tirerack reviews it is more reliable.

 

[Zigity]

In all my A/T tire research, leaning towards 3 peak snow rating for snowy winters, I see familiar names here. BFG KO3, Falken AT4W, and Toyo AT3 are the top 3 I see everywhere. I am leaning Toyo AT3 because they seem to be the cheapest, the lightest, and performance is marginally the same as the other competitors. I read often on forums and groups that KO3s aren’t great on wet roads, and AT4Ws are the heaviest. For me, while the would all be a fine choice, this makes it easy to feel confident in a Toyo AT3 tire purchase.

 

[Taco Ji]

In all my A/T tire research, leaning towards 3 peak snow rating for snowy winters, I see familiar names here. BFG KO3, Falken AT4W, and Toyo AT3 are the top 3 I see everywhere. I am leaning Toyo AT3 because they seem to be the cheapest, the lightest, and performance is marginally the same as the other competitors. I read often on forums and groups that KO3s aren’t great on wet roads, and AT4Ws are the heaviest. For me, while the would all be a fine choice, this makes it easy to feel confident in a Toyo AT3 tire purchase.

Great assessment and agree.

 

[Glizzy]

I had Falken AT3W on my old vehicle and now have Nokian nAT. The nAT is definitely better in the snow.

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