Or even the option of specifying A/w or winter tyres would be a help. Video below shows a front wheel drive car with winter tyres and a 4 wheel drive car with summer tyres driving up an indoor ski slope in the UK, very interesting results.
Ha yes I still remember the look of bemusment on the face of 4×4 driver stuck in a blizzard on a back road a few years back, while I bounced past him in a two wheel drive C4 equipped with winter tyres on the front axle, while his stuck 4×4 uselessly spun the 4 low profile tyres in the snow.