Just had our first moderatly small/cold snow here in colorado, had my sotozero snow tires on. They did pretty darn well. No real deep snow yet, but lots of ice and slush, the tires to great in the slush and ice. On the ice I dont have any trouble starting or stoping. In the slush it's very close to driving on the dry road, almost no traction problems what so ever.

So far, this tires has impressed me, as it also has decent dry road feel and traction, it is a snow tire however and you do give up some side wall stiffness, so it doesnt feel the same as a nice summer tire, but it's pretty darn good for a snow tire...