I wish I had some almotion experience, but a good friend of mine just finished doing a section of The Divide ride using Surly Extraterrestrial 26x2.5 over about 6 weeks and was very happy with how they handled a wide range of surfaces, including pavement.

Review: SURLY ExtraTerrestrial tires | gettingnowhere.net

in this review, they do compare them to Mondials that they had on their bikes before.

My wifes Troll came with these tires, and Ive goofed around on them a bit, but not a lot, but they appear to have a bit more aggressive treading than the almotions, and of course are much wider at 2.5inches, but in my mind, if the almotion is kind of like a "light" version , tread wise , of the ET's, they probably would work well.
For sure, the mondials have deeper side treads, but its really hard to know without riding on a given surface to know how each tire would behave.

I suspect that I would prefer the easier rolling almotions, especially as I am pretty comfortable riding on all kinds of stuff on slicker tires, and lower pressures always help. I guess the question is how much climbing on steep, loose surfaces will there be??
That to me, is the real issue, if there is a bit, but not a huge amount, then a bit of pushing is ok...but it depends on how much...

its tough not having ridden a type of tire to know how it is, and when a set of tires can cost $200, its a pricey way to find out things.
If you were in Montreal, I'd let you try the ET's, but even then, they are a diff kettle of fish to the almotions , and diff to the mondials too, especially in rolling resistance.

good luck bouncing around ideas and hopefully getting some more direct experience.