Unless you wanna drive a 4wd pickup, the Outback is probably one of the best cold weather/snow vehicles on the market for the price. The AWD system is great, but not quite as good as Audi's. They get decent mileage, they are super practical with all the design stuff (like the built in crossbars), they are super reliable, and the newer XT models have the turbocharged engine which basically the complaints from anyone who said they were underpowered.

We had one for 7 years. It was in the shop exactly zero times. Not a single problem with it. I just changed the oil regularly, put a couple sets of tires on it, and did the brake pads twice. The only reason we didn't get another one is that we wanted a 3rd row seat, so we got a Telluride.

Edit: Chose the Telluride because the Pathfinder drove like a minivan and the seat didn't go high enough for my wife. The Palisade is basically an ugly Telluride. The VW Atlas was a huge tank with a lawn mower engine in it, hated this thing. The Ascent was big and ugly. The Model Y had a really small 3rd row, and battery range drops too much in the cold. Everything else that was decent with a 3rd row cost way more money than the Telluride.