Another feature includes the "Heaven's Gate Trail" which traverses the length of the range from Willisville in the east to Massey in the west.

Thought to be an old aboriginal trade route, it traverses the plateau of the range with the North Channel of Lake Huron visible to the south.

The trail is particularly gruelling and is rarely traversed mostly due to its length and remoteness from major cities.

[2] The mountains themselves were formed during the Penokean Orogeny, a mountain-building stage in the Canadian Shield's geological history.

[3] During this time, the sandstone that had accumulated was compressed and heated to form the white Quartzite which dominates the landscape today.