Looks like you may need them now and later. Not a bad Idea, especially if you have to be out a lot. Snow Shoes would work also.
They’re fun to have and get around. I would just use them for the entertainment and fun value. I got some of those real good strap-on studded ice-shoes, too, for when there are those ice storms. It has replaceable studs in them and I figured that I was going to need them around here (got them a couple of years back). You strap them on around boots (or shoes). They’re super heavy duty ones, too.
But, I don’t know about snow shoes... :-) ... I’ve used them around Crater Lake in Oregon, but snow-shoeing is a lot of work, actually. Cross-country skis are a breeze, though.