Access to Dogwood Marshes snowshoeing area is from  the Bush Lake parking area off the Lac le Jeune Road.   There are a number of routes through the marshes and up into the hills above for any day of exploration in the winter.   It is easier ti follow “stomped-in” tracks than it is to break a new trail, especially when the snow becomes heavy or crusty.   We started at the marshes and followed tracks up onto the lower slopes of Hull Hill for 2.5 hours.

The established snowshoe tracks were firm and well-defined through the forest.

Once we had climbed a number of slopes to the east we had fine views west to the three summits of Chuwhels Mountain.

We chose to break trail from the McConnell Forest Service Road down to Teal Pond.   Sometimes the route was okay, but we often “post-holed” through two feet of crusty snow.   When we finally reached the Dogwood Marshes, there were wet spots and a risk of getting wet (one of our group broke through).

We snowshoed in the Dogwood Marshes and the flanks of Hull Hill a number of times and on each outing we took a different route.   There are no marked trails, but snowshoers who know the area establish tracks and everyone who stomps the tracks adds to the network of “trails”, routes, and explorations.

This is the best snowshoeing area in the whole region, an unofficial network of tracks in the forest.

There are several articles on the  website on this snowshoeing area.   Use “Dogwood” as a search term for more information.