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Follow Kelly Lake Trail as it undulates through pleasant blue oak woodlands, then plummets down shadier slopes. The lake itself remains hidden from view until the very end, when the trail deposits you on the dam enclosing the northern shore. Steep and brushy slopes make accessing the lake difficult; try the area above the lake’s south end.

Continuing on to Coit Lake, the route bears left at the northern end of the dam and then turns right on wide Coit Rd. by an outhouse (5.9/1,880'). Coit Rd. climbs through a lush environment of oaks, bay trees, and buckeye and then traverses across more open chaparral slopes. You crest Willow Ridge between Kelly and Coit Lakes at a four-way junction with Willow Ridge Rd. (6.7/2,240'). From this point, you can look east across land singed by the 2007 Lick Fire. Continue straight on Coit Rd. as it descends to Coit Lake’s reedy southern shore (7.0/2,080').

After savoring Coit Lake, retrace your steps back to Kelly Lake Trail and its junction with Wasno Rd. (9.1/2,420'). Bear left on Wasno Rd. and then quickly turn right on Dexter Trail (9.3/2,420'), which descends through open blue oak woodlands and then drops steeply to reach the unsigned junction with Grizzly Gulch Trail (9.9/1,940'). Turn right on Grizzly Gulch Trail, traversing a moist creek gully and contouring across shady slopes to pass Rock Tower Trail on the right (10.9/1,740').