My wife drives a Chrysler 300 with AWD. It tracks awesomely on the ice. The main issue with snow is depth, as it doesn't have the clearance of my pickup or old jeep. So if it gets much higher than that (or drifty), the underside starts dragging pretty good, which could eventually turn into a problem, lol. I imagine a Forrester would have a bit more clearance, but a lot of the new SUVs don't have a lot more than a passenger car. They won't fishtail much though.