I had an older 2-stage, which died a slow death of carburetor issues (would run at any time unless there was snow on the ground).
I was given a toro single stage to "get by" with until I could find another big machine...and I've fixed up the single stage a bunch of times to just keep using it.
I replaced the starter gear, gas tank, rubber paddles, leading edge, leading edge support (bent it up too many times catching it on patio blocks) drive belt, and fuel primer. Because that "little" 2-stroke* is easy to use (the bottom is a "rocker", there are no drive wheels...tilt the machine forward and it pulls itself along on the paddles, which also means slowing down in heavy drifts is as simple as standing still and letting the handle down a bit) and has chewed through just about everything we have thrown at it, in the snowy northeast. Did I mention electric start? Though when the primer is working correctly, I don't even use that (just have to remember that it needs primer AND choke).
*little 2-stroke is about 5 hp, but uses half the fuel of the unit it replaced
So anyway, I highly recommend one of the little rubber paddle single-stage 2-strokes. Bonus is they can usually be found cheap, they made a lot of them, and parts aren't hard to find.
I have not had as good results from anything electric, snow+salt+electric usually ends up releasing magic smoke somewhere down the line, but maybe that's just ones I have used, which admittedly have all been of the well abused tag sale variety.