Best tires for winter for XC70

[doublecheese]

Hi Guys,

By looking at previous posts I found some answers but I am still not sure what to buy and I need to hear it once more from you guys.

I have owned a 1998 S40 T4, a 2000 V40 2.0T and recently I bought a 2001 XC70 2.5T for my wife. My question is which winter tires I should buy for the following purposes

1) Winter maximum 3 months here. Jan-Feb-March
2) Average Temp about 7 C or 44F
3) About 15 days out of the 3 months we get snow. it's never colder than -5C or 23F
4) We get alot of rain
5) There is a nice skiing resort and I want to drive there too.

So I want some tires which I could use in such winter conditions (not so very cold and mostly rain than snow)

However when the snow starts suddenly, I don't want to get stuck on the roads and I wanna drive freely on any snow.

Also my wheels should be good enought to take me to a skiing resort just two hours away and I don't wanna have any problems climbing on the road to the mountain.

And when there is no snow, I want to be able to use them in dry weather or rain.

Any suggestiosn guys ?

BTW . At the moment I have 215 65 16 Michelin 4x4 syncrone tires on.

Regards