Replying to RWD hoewagon for the Cottonwoods

title pretty self-explanitory unless you're dyslexic or sum
anyways i own a ford exploder (explorer) that i love to death. seats fold down so i can get cry myself to sleep in comfort. anyways its a damn rwd. and i live in utah. no im not selling it. no im not buying a winter beater. (in my defense i paid $4k for a $7k car.) last winter was aight, never went up the canyons bc my acl decided to go away but it did pretty well just around town. question is, what's my best move if i wanna go up the cottonwoods in that ish? traction law isn't my main concern, moreso i dont wanna get stuck and frick up everyone's day. i've thought about 250lbs of ballast in the back, cheap takeoff blizzaks, or chains.