For the price they are asking, sure. (If it was in a reasonable range then no.) I grabbed a pair last year and replacement blades are finally available .
Alternative option is Toyo AT/III. Has preformed phenomenally on a smaller vehicle I have in the snow and wet conditions and constantly gets good offroad ratings. Gladiator does run the Falken WP ATIII's and nothing wrong sticking to those. I too have heard the KO2 isn't the best and tends to be...
You should have no problem running either direction but eastwards is considered the easier way. Going to be a hit or miss with traffic. On one hand Imogene is closed so vehicles have to come in via the highway unless they do Black Bear which could result in more traffic. It's a crapshoot...
So, I finally threw my way too big but screw it because it was 90% off CVT RTT on and headed up the hill to the Flat Tops. I definitely didn't spend 15 minutes and some good under body scraping/banging to make it up that obstacle that I made it up nearly no problem two years ago.
Anyway made it...
Pretty sure I had it connected at the time, can't recall exactly. Most memorable part of that trip was finding a couple a half mile or so up from the shelf road with a blown tire. Sidewall completely destroyed. The vehicle you ask? Some basic Lexus crossover with paper thin tires, not at all...