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The Best All Terrain Tyres For Winter 2025 Tested

Jonathan Benson
Tested and written by Jonathan Benson
7 min read
Below are all the data points for the The Best All Terrain Tyres For Winter 2025 Tested, displaying how each tyre performed across all test categories. The spider chart below provides a complete overview of performance, where one hundred percent represents the best performance in each category. The larger the area covered by each tyre's plot, the better its overall performance.
How to read these charts: For each test category, data is presented relative to the best performing tire. The direction indicates whether lower or higher values are better - pay close attention to this when interpreting results.

Performance Overview

This radar chart shows relative performance across all test categories, with 100% representing the best performance in each category. Reference tires may have gaps where data is not available.

Reference Tyres: Reference tyres are highlighted with a yellow background and are included as benchmarks rather than competitive entries.
BFGoodrich All Terrain TA KO3
Toyo Open Country AT III
Falken Wildpeak AT4W
Mickey-Thompson Baja Boss AT
Nokian Outpost nAT
Reference Winter Nordic (Reference)

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Snow Performance Overview

Snow Braking (M)

Spread: 2.30 M (10.7%) | Avg: 22.63 M

Snow braking in meters (Lower is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Mickey-Thompson Baja Boss AT with a result of 21.44 M. The difference between best and worst was 9.7%.
  1. Mickey-Thompson Baja Boss AT
    21.44 M
  2. Nokian Outpost nAT
    21.79 M
  3. BFGoodrich All Terrain TA KO3
    22.63 M
  4. Falken Wildpeak AT4W
    23.57 M
  5. Toyo Open Country AT III
    23.74 M

Snow Traction (s)

Spread: 0.43 s (12.1%) | Avg: 3.72 s

Snow acceleration time (Lower is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was BFGoodrich All Terrain TA KO3 with a result of 3.55 s. The difference between best and worst was 10.8%.
  1. BFGoodrich All Terrain TA KO3
    3.55 s
  2. Nokian Outpost nAT
    3.64 s
  3. Toyo Open Country AT III
    3.64 s
  4. Mickey-Thompson Baja Boss AT
    3.77 s
  5. Falken Wildpeak AT4W
    3.98 s

Snow Handling (s)

Spread: 15.23 s (16.4%) | Avg: 100.64 s

Snow handling time in seconds (Lower is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Mickey-Thompson Baja Boss AT with a result of 98.82 s. The difference between best and worst was 8.4%. The Reference Winter Nordic [reference tyre] was 6.2% better than the best competitive tyre.
  1. Reference Winter Nordic Ref
    92.7 s
  2. Mickey-Thompson Baja Boss AT
    98.82 s
  3. BFGoodrich All Terrain TA KO3
    101.09 s
  4. Toyo Open Country AT III
    101.5 s
  5. Nokian Outpost nAT
    101.78 s
  6. Falken Wildpeak AT4W
    107.93 s

Subj. Snow Handling ( Points)

Spread: 1.25 Points (12.5%) | Avg: 9.60 Points

Subjective Snow Handling Score (Higher is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Toyo Open Country AT III with a result of 10 Points. The difference between best and worst was 12.5%.
  1. Toyo Open Country AT III
    10 Points
  2. Nokian Outpost nAT
    10 Points
  3. BFGoodrich All Terrain TA KO3
    10 Points
  4. Mickey-Thompson Baja Boss AT
    9.25 Points
  5. Falken Wildpeak AT4W
    8.75 Points

Snow Circle (S)

Spread: 4.43 S (14.1%) | Avg: 33.68 S

Snow Circle Time in Seconds (Lower is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Toyo Open Country AT III with a result of 33.08 S. The difference between best and worst was 8%. The Reference Winter Nordic [reference tyre] was 4.7% better than the best competitive tyre.
  1. Reference Winter Nordic Ref
    31.53 S
  2. Toyo Open Country AT III
    33.08 S
  3. Mickey-Thompson Baja Boss AT
    33.55 S
  4. Nokian Outpost nAT
    33.69 S
  5. BFGoodrich All Terrain TA KO3
    34.27 S
  6. Falken Wildpeak AT4W
    35.96 S

Ice Performance Overview

Ice Braking (M)

Spread: 1.81 M (16%) | Avg: 12.62 M

Ice braking in meters (Lower is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Nokian Outpost nAT with a result of 11.33 M. The difference between best and worst was 13.8%.
  1. Nokian Outpost nAT
    11.33 M
  2. Mickey-Thompson Baja Boss AT
    12.8 M
  3. Falken Wildpeak AT4W
    12.89 M
  4. Toyo Open Country AT III
    12.94 M
  5. BFGoodrich All Terrain TA KO3
    13.14 M

Ice Traction (s)

Spread: 0.31 s (17.2%) | Avg: 1.98 s

Ice acceleration time (Lower is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Toyo Open Country AT III with a result of 1.8 s. The difference between best and worst was 14.7%.
  1. Toyo Open Country AT III
    1.8 s
  2. Mickey-Thompson Baja Boss AT
    1.89 s
  3. Nokian Outpost nAT
    2.03 s
  4. Falken Wildpeak AT4W
    2.06 s
  5. BFGoodrich All Terrain TA KO3
    2.11 s

Overall Findings

Based on the weighted scoring from all tests, here are the overall results:

Reference Tyres: Reference tyres (highlighted with yellow background) are included as benchmarks rather than competitive entries. They typically show as 0% in overall scoring as they are not part of the final ranking.
Position Tyre Score
Nokian Outpost nAT 97.1%
2 Mickey-Thompson Baja Boss AT 96.2%
3 Toyo Open Country AT III 95.3%
4 BFGoodrich All Terrain TA KO3 94.6%
5 Falken Wildpeak AT4W 89.7%
- Reference Winter Nordic (Reference) 0%

Test Winner

Falken Wildpeak AT4W
Falken Wildpeak AT4W

89.7%

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Discussion

8 comments
  1. yabataba archived

    Any thoughts on why ice traction is ~2x better than dedicated snow tires? This seems an anomalous result, particularly given that ice braking is worse.

    Is it due to the limitations of the ice tunnel which you note?

    #10486
    1. TyreReviews yabataba archived

      I didn't have a winter tyre in the ice testing, why do you think the AT is twice as good?

      #10487
        1. TyreReviews yabataba archived

          Sadly not, they might have used different speeds to measure, and the grip of ice can varely massively hour to hour, let alone between different locations at different times.

          #10490
  2. Davevrider Fuji archived

    I have been searching for a winter test of the new pirelli scorpion xtm and can't find one. I can hardly find any real world on/off road tests since it's release. Any chance you will be able to get a set of the xtms to test

    #10468