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Crosswind Grip Peak Winter vs Nokian Snowproof 2 — Compared

Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews (comfort 40/60). Based on 1 + 5 road tests and 0 + 10 owner reviews. How we score

Snowproof 2 is ahead, 80–71

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Crosswind Grip Peak Winter
Tire ACrosswind

Grip Peak Winter

Winter

± 9Provisional

Tests 71 · 1 test Owners – · none yet

Best test result: #21 of 50 in 2026 Winter Tyre Braking Test - 50 Sets (wet braking)

Nokian Snowproof 2
Tire BNokian

Snowproof 2

Winter

± 5

Tests 72 · 5 tests Owners 83 · 10 reviews

Best test result: #1 of 7 in 2025 Die Reifentester Winter Tyre Test (straight aquaplaning)

Category by category

Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.

  1. –

    Dry

    No comparison
    79
    Why this score
    SourceGrip Peak WinterSnowproof 2
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 4 tests–75
    Reviews found online–84

    Snowproof 2: 60% × 75.2 + 40% × 84 = 79

  2. 74

    Wet

    Snowproof 2 +11
    85
    Why this score
    SourceGrip Peak WinterSnowproof 2
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / 5 tests7584
    Reviews found online≈ 73 (est.)88

    Grip Peak Winter: 60% × 74.8 + 40% × 73 (est.) = 74

    Snowproof 2: 60% × 83.7 + 40% × 87.9 = 85

    No owner ratings of wet for Grip Peak Winter. The owner half is estimated from its road-test score, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).

  3. 68

    Snow

    Snowproof 2 +6
    74
    Why this score
    SourceGrip Peak WinterSnowproof 2
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / 5 tests6770
    Reviews found online≈ 69 (est.)80

    Grip Peak Winter: 60% × 67.3 + 40% × 69.5 (est.) = 68

    Snowproof 2: 60% × 70.3 + 40% × 79.5 = 74

    No owner ratings of snow for Grip Peak Winter. The owner half is estimated from its road-test score, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.32).

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    Comfort

    No comparison
    75
    Why this score
    SourceGrip Peak WinterSnowproof 2
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests–64
    Reviews found online–82

    Snowproof 2: 40% × 64.4 + 60% × 81.6 = 75

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    Noise

    No comparison
    56
    Why this score
    SourceGrip Peak WinterSnowproof 2
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 3 tests–50
    Reviews found online–≈ 66 (est.)

    Snowproof 2: 60% × 49.9 + 40% × 66.3 (est.) = 56

    No owner ratings of noise for Snowproof 2. The owner half is the owners’ average (66): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests, so the tests say nothing about how owners would rate it.

  6. –

    Treadwear

    No comparison
    74
    Why this score
    SourceGrip Peak WinterSnowproof 2
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 2 tests–69
    Reviews found online–82

    Snowproof 2: 60% × 68.6 + 40% × 82.2 = 74

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    Handling (owners)

    No comparison
    75
    Why this score
    SourceGrip Peak WinterSnowproof 2
    Reviews found online–75
  8. –

    Efficiency

    No comparison
    82
    Why this score
    SourceGrip Peak WinterSnowproof 2
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 3 tests–82
Scores at a glance
CategoryCrosswind Grip Peak WinterNokian Snowproof 2
Relative Score 71 80
Dry – 79
Wet 74 85
Snow 68 74
Comfort – 75
Noise – 56
Treadwear – 74
Handling (owners) – 75
Efficiency – 82

Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.

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Wet grip starts at “Important”. Treadwear starts at “Neutral” here: road tests measured it for at most one of the two tires, so it rests on owner reviews. Move the sliders and the scores update instantly.

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Recomputed
Headline score
± 9

Grip Peak Winter

± 5

Snowproof 2

Only categories both tires have data for count toward the headline score.

The professional test results behind the scores

Per discipline: the average % of the best tire over every test both tires were in, and how many of those tests each one won. “Different tests” rows compare results from separate tests.

DisciplineCategoryGrip Peak WinterSnowproof 2ΔHead-to-head
Wet Braking Wet 81% #21/50 · 2026 Winter Tyre Braking Test - 50 Sets 92% #12/14 · 2026 Auto Bild 205/55 R16 Winter Tyre Test – Different tests
Snow Braking Snow 97% #25/30 · 2026 Winter Tyre Braking Test - 50 Sets 92% #11/14 · 2026 Auto Bild 205/55 R16 Winter Tyre Test – Different tests
Also published by the testers (not in the score)
Overall Ranking Overall #24/50 2026 Winter Tyre Braking Test - 50 Sets #11/14 2026 Auto Bild 205/55 R16 Winter Tyre Test – Different tests

Pros, cons & observations

Themes extracted from owner reviews found online — not the opinion of TireWheelGuide.

Tire A Grip Peak Winter

Not enough owner reviews yet to extract themes.

Tire B Snowproof 2

Pros

  • Strong snow and mountain traction, including deep snow, with one rear-wheel-drive Mercedes owner reporting it climbed higher than a front-wheel-drive VW Golf on a different winter tire
  • Low noise levels, mentioned repeatedly alongside a comfortable ride
  • Good wear: about 3,000 miles over a winter showed little wear, and another reviewer reported excellent wear

Cons

  • Noticeable tread flex in fast dry cornering
  • Limited evidence of hard-snow or severe winter performance; one reviewer is switching to all-season tires because they never encountered hard snow conditions
  • Review detail is thin, with several short or unfinished comments offering little on specific shortcomings
All owner themes in the Snowproof 2 review

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Crosswind Grip Peak Winter B · Nokian Snowproof 2
CategoryWinterWinter
Vehicle type—Passenger Car / Crossover
Sizes available—17
Rim diameters—15″ – 19″

Which one should you actually buy?

Crosswind Grip Peak Winter

Nokian Snowproof 2

Winner: Nokian Snowproof 2 — better wet and snow. It leads or ties in every category we score. Crosswind Grip Peak Winter rests on little evidence so far (1 test, 0 reviews), so read this result as provisional.

Pick tire B Your priority is wet-weather safety

Nokian Snowproof 2 scores 85 vs 74 on wet.

Pick tire B You drive through snowy winters

Nokian Snowproof 2 scores 74 vs 68 on snow.

Tire A · Crosswind Grip Peak Winter
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Tire B · Nokian Snowproof 2
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Grip Peak Winter or Snowproof 2?

Which is better in the wet, Grip Peak Winter or Snowproof 2?

Nokian Snowproof 2, 85 vs 74 on our wet score.

Which is better in snow, Grip Peak Winter or Snowproof 2?

Nokian Snowproof 2, 74 vs 68 on our snow score.

How do we compare tires?

Every category score blends two independent signals. 60% comes from professional tire tests (braking distances, lap times, noise measurements), each result compared with every other tire in the same test and newer tests counting more. 40% comes from owner reviews found online, adjusted for how generously each site rates. Both use one scale: the average tested tire gets 70, the best 100. When a tire has only one of the two, the missing half is estimated from the other and the score stays closer to average; with no road test and fewer than five owner reviews it gets no score yet.

Handling is the exception: road tests measure it inside the dry and wet scores, so its own row comes from owner ratings only and starts as less important.

Community buzz from Reddit and forums is shown for context only — it never changes the score. Full methodology