new tire advice for my 2004 x3 sport

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My perelli 235/50r18's on my 2004 x3 have about 30% of their tread left after roughly 30K miles. The vehicle was never driven in snow, but the car now lives in northern idaho and has a tough winter in front of it.

I'm looking for recommendations of a good all-season tire that will get me through a few rough snow months, but also work well with the performance of the sport package. As others have pointed out, the perelli's have been oustanding, but I don't think they will do very well this winter.

I really don't want to swap out the tires in the winter, then swap back in the spring, so I'm willing to give up some summertime performance for some winter peace-of-mind. After all, winter lasts about 6 months here.

Any feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks.