I live in Utah, so I get to deal with snow from October to March. So here are my suggestions that haven't already been said. When you start sliding (notice I said when, not if) you have to turn into the slide, even though your gut tells you to turn away.. i.e. you go around a left turn and keep going right, turn your wheels back to the right. You want to get your tread back in line with you direction your going. Other than that definately get some bags of salt. My Xterra can make it just fine up the canyons to the slopes if I do those things.