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Bet. A friend lives in Missoula and routinely drives to Butte in his Kona and says it handles the roads just fine.
So the biggest trucks had to pull over for weather but it's the Jimny that's too small? And the coolest thing about little trucks is they float on snow. It's funny you think a Jimny will get stuck in snow "over it's headlights" when you can't drive through 3ft of snow, either. And you nailed it about Montana snow, really did, by showing a map that indicates the route between OP's friend's two destinations is literally the highest category. Nailed it.
Ground clearance is over 8" but I'm not sure why that's relevant since you're driving through the snow. Are you clearing over it or are you plowing it? And I feel like you don't understand how a smaller, lighter vehicle can get by all the same with a smaller engine. You should also really go out with a tape measure and see how low the bottom of a bumper and how low the actual ground clearance a big boy truck is. And don't go into lift kits and other mods because the global functional aftermarket for a Jimny is as big as a US pickup's options are for actually leaving pavement.