It will be good enough as they already did in the article. To be fair, solo touring is more of the confidence of the operator/operators to go alone rather than the capability of the vehicle. They equipped the Mazdas with BFGs and doing so immediately makes the operator/operators feel sure-footed in such terrains.
At the moment, we see competitors and journalists going after Subaru because they are in the spotlight after the Global Financial Crisis. Subaru sales increased exponentially after 2009/2010, making it outsell many brands in many different markets. They are going after the Forester just because of the SUV build, which many manufacturers already have, and the XV for compact unibody design. The XV drove their sales for quite a while but the real Goldilocks is the Outback which is the all-time bestseller. No one's going after it except for Benz, Volvos and Audis, which are already 3x the price.
Again, vs the XV or the Subarus, I will gladly choose any of the Subarus vs the relatives just because I am spoiled by the active AWD which is good in low and and high speed road and loose surface driving. I haven't driven anything quite like it yet. The on-road off-road balance is just sublime. The more hardcore offroadability follows and can be done with mods but the basic vehicle itself, it's really hard to fault symmetrical active AWD. Cheers.