Living on a similar sounding hill (which never gets gritted/cleared) front wheel drive and skinny tyres wins. Alfa 164 (front wheel drive V6 big tyres sat at bottom of hill making vroomy sounds but getting nowhere. Taking a good run at the hill got it up but it was quite exiting. Jaguar XJ8 Supercharged big tyres rear wheel drive - forget it until snow melts.
Old Honda Civic front wheel drive smaller tyres drove up hill without a problem.