Just as the question says I can't find anything on google from this year this is the first year I've driven with studs on. Thanks for your help guys.

ETA: I am in Anchorage.

I took mine off.... in 1999.

I thin k studded tires are obsolete.

April 30 to Oct 31 I think is no stud season.

You are crazy

 

The newer ice tires are pretty damned amazing.

Blizzaks and Firestone Winterforce have made me a believer

I think it is April 15, south of 60.

No, studded tires are not obsolete.  Even the best winter tires are improved with studs.  

I used to think things like studs, 4wd, or awd were crutches used by southern military wives, but anymore, anyone driving without awd/4wd with GOOD studded tires in the winter is a damned hazard to themselves and everyone else on the road.

When I used to drive back and forth from Wasilla to Fairbanks in bad weather, I used to leave my tow rope attached to the truck after pulling the first little bubble car out of a ditch.  One drive alone, I must have pulled a half dozen folks out of the ditch.

EDIT:  Your google-fu is weak, grasshopper: http://doa.alaska.gov/dmv/faq/faq.htm

When must studded tires be removed?

It is unlawful to operate a motor vehicle with studded tires on a paved highway
or road from May 1st through September 15th, inclusive, north of 60 North Latitude and
from April 15th through September 30th, inclusive, south of 60 North Latitude, except
that at any latitude on a paved portion of the Sterling Highway a person may not operate a motor vehicle with studded tires from May 1st through September 15th, inclusive.

They are obsolete as far as I'm concerned.  Studs only help in certain conditions but the tires like Blizzaks are good for a much wider range of conditions.  I've found the traction to be superior to studs except in medium hard ice.













 

I ran some retread mud terrains with green diamond tread on a lifted jeep in the mountains of North Carolina when I was in college. For the random icy spots on twisty back roads, they couldn't be beat. Even in the rain I felt  better traction. Studded tires are pretty much unheard of down there and everyone with a mud tire thinks they can be an instant winter driver. Made a lot of beer pulling people out of the ditch down there.

May 1st