Diamari Replacement

[ADarcy]

Hi All,

It's that magical time for my X5 when I get to rid myself of my Diamari's. They have put up a good fight and lasted 20,000 miles and probably have another 5k in them since they are at 6/32".

Anyway, i'm going to replace them within a month or so since I am going to be going on a skiing trip in the X and don't want to die while driving on the Diamari's.

I have done extensive searching on the site for tires, but most searches come up with people wanting a Winter Specific tire and I think that would be over kill for my X5's needs.

Here are my details:

2006 X5 4.4i Sport
285 on the 19's Rear
255 on the 19's Front
I live in San Diego, CA so a Pure Winter tire is not needed
I like to go skiing up at Big Bear or Mammoth Lakes so a tire that could handle 6" of snow would be nice.
I drive to Houston and back 2-3 times a year so a tire that DOESN'T hydro plane like the Diamari's would be nice.

What would you suggest? A snow tire would be over kill and another summer performance tire would be good for the rain and snow...

I've heard the Michelin Latitude Tour HP's are good in the rain. How about the "light" snow?

Many thanks for the help


Andy