Shallow bedrock aquifers are prevalent across the Northern Hemisphere and can be the primary source of freshwater for many communities. Cryospheric impacts from climate warming are particularly concerning for bedrock aquifers where recharge is dominated by winter precipitation. For the management and protection of fractured rock groundwater supplies, the processes influencing infiltration and recharge under warmer winter conditions require a greater understanding. As such, a numerical investigation was undertaken with the objective of testing a conceptual model of midwinter infiltration and recharge near a granitic Canadian Shield bedrock outcrop using data collected over an unseasonably warm and rainy winter in eastern Ontario, Canada. Additional objectives were to determine if infiltration and recharge would be limited through frozen soils without an outcrop and to explore the hydrologic implications of an additional midwinter snowmelt event. Results supported the concept that outcrops provide preferential infiltration along the soil-rock interface at outcrop margins, which enables localized bedrock recharge under frozen conditions. To simulate soil moisture content near the outcrop, bedrock runoff was needed as additional lateral input in the lower soil profile (75 cm). The amount of runoff required as input was controlled by the hydraulic conductivity of the soil-rock interface. In the absence of an outcrop, limited midwinter infiltration occurs due to reduced permeabilities of frozen soils from repeated early winter rainfall and snowmelt events. Additional midwinter melt events can likely increase bedrock recharge, but the associated decline in snow depth deepens soil frost which delays further infiltration and increases surface runoff. Simulations suggest winter is becoming a more active time for bedrock recharge where outcrops are present, but wetter conditions have implications for frozen soil permeability. Findings extend to similar seasonally frozen bedrock environments which are relied on as a source of freshwater and are rapidly changing under a warming climate.