Seeing how much snow we got in this last storm at my house which is an hour+ DOWN the hill from Kirkwood and the rest of the slopes up there, I would say take the 4runner. If this next storm is anything like the last one the summit is going to see a lot of snow. I would rather have the 4 wheel drive and take it slower than have the altima and have to deal with chains and not having 4wd in the snow.