I want to ask about your experiences with deep snow and fat tires:

Do you find it easier to get through deep snow when you reverse the tire pattern on rear tire? Making the rear tire more of a paddle wheel.

Here's a post from the makers of the Dillinger - 45 NRTH: https://45nrth.com/blog/post/pro-tip...tire-direction (yes, this is a promo post)

I typically have my winter tires set up like this post suggests. However, this winter I've been working with a LBS to convert to tubeless (my Marge Lite rims are not tubeless compatible and I want some experienced help). The person that made the tubeless conversion had the rear tire set up like the front tire, good for rolling resistance, bad for traction/grip when pushing in deep snow.

My post above about walking because of 8 inches of fresh snow was on my way back to the LBS for help with a leak in the rim of my rear wheel (free of charge). When they returned my bike, the tech set up the rear tire per the link above and I found it much easier to push through deep snow. Unfortunately, we'd had a big melt day and the snow conditions were very different, so it wasn't a great comparison.