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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Teapot Mountain, Goback Mountain, Savage Mountain, East Savage, NH
Trails
Trails: Logging roads, bushwhacks
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Saturday, October 5, 2013
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: We originally looked at Bissell Road (aka Lamms Trail), which initially started off with lots of posted land down low. The road was drivable up to some cabins at just below 1,400 feet, but looked a little rough just above there, Not wanting to park on someone's lawn, we turned around and headed up to Meriden Hill Road and followed that to a gate (right) at a fork. The gate was open around 9AM, however it seemed questionable, so we parked outside of it. Upon returning late afternoon/early evening, it was closed, but not locked. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Dry Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Mud - Significant 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment:  
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: One rock hoppable one on the logging road heading out below the lower Goback ledges. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes:  
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs: None 
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: We started off walking the road with a gate, then bearing right onto a secondary logging road. Not too far up this, there are some large open waterbars where culverts have been pulled, so via this route, one can drive maybe half a mile beyond the gate if they're willing to risk getting locked in.
We then headed up near a drainage up to the Lightning-Teapot col, generally in okay woods. Not too bad from that col up to the recognized summit of Teapot.
Dropping off Teapot, it was so-so initially, then nice and open in the col. We stayed on the east side of the ridge, but eventually hit some steep stuff and a large blowdown patch, which continued up to the summit ridge and around the recognized highpoint.
Also thick and steep descending toward savage with some small hidden cliff bands. We favored east a bit. Things were a little bitter near the col, then we headed up the steep, scrambly slope of Savage, staying just east of a large young spruce stand (old blowdown)- steep, but not terrible going to the recognized summit.
We then returned to the col and descended east down a drainage that was steep, scrambly in places, and had postholy soil. Eventually we hit good woods as we neared the lower col and then some old grassy logging roads. From the height of land in that col, we bushwhacked up to the 2,850 foot subpeak of Savage, favoring north to navigate through some cliffbands. Once on that ridge, the woods were generally okay to the recognized summit.
Back in the col, we followed a series of old logging roads (encountering the only mud of the day in the upper elevations), eventually leading back to the main road. Very interesting looks at the lower cliffs on Goback.
Foliage is past peak up there, but still decent. Weather was nicer than expected - dry, reasonable temperatures, and occasional sunshine.  
Name
Name: rocket21 
E-Mail
E-Mail: rocket21@franklinwebpublishing.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2013-10-05 
Link
Link: https://www.franklinsites.com/hikephotos/NewHampshire/teapotmtn-2013-1005.php 
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