Oh, that whole part is sort of a mess, for sure. I do remember myself as well, even with the snowy beginning area, felling like that its possible that this little map area isn't even in the actual following game, but is is, and you can travel back there, but it feels completely detached from the rest of the game and as if you're not supposed to even go back there. And I do recall that early hunting scene feels very similar, as if it's a map unto itself. It was not a good feel and yea, the map issue is very clunky.