I'm from the Springs as well and have absolutely loved my Murano around here. Took it up camping over Cottonwood pass (West of Buena Vista near Taylor Reservoir) the other day and it handled great. The fire road had lots of bumps and holes in it but my MO didn't have a single problem. Quiet too compared to the Chevy Blazer my friend was driving. Averaged 25.4MPG (using 85 octane) during the trip (~260 miles) which I felt was pretty good considering we went from 6000ft up to ~12k ft on old fire roads and hills.
As for in the snow, it took a little while to learn not to fight the VDC (highly recommended BTW) but it handles great on the snow and ice around here in stock wheels.
One interesting note, on the way back down to CS, I passed another MO who I waved to and they waved back. Pretty cool except his MO was cleaner than mine!
