More often than not, I id a track in the snow more by the length and width of stride, how deep it goes in the snow, etc. because the pads and other details are obscured.
Do you have any pics or remembrance of those traits ?
Interesting track though. I can't make out the pad details. I'd have a hard time calling it a lynx though. The pads are all hair in the winter and don't leave tracks half as defined as this one is. And the heel pad on a lynx is very small. Lynx step patterns (one track to the next) are very side-to-side compared to canids, almost look clumsy or half-drunk.