which leads from the right of Lake Howden down to the Hollyford Road. This track was originally a cattle track for Davey Gunn who would take his cattle from the Hollyford to the Greenstone Valley and back. Key Summit The most popular side trip in terms of numbers as this track to the left (or right if approaching from the carpark) is a day walk accessible from The Divide. The track continues and then ends to become an unmarked route along the Livingstone Mountains eventually leading down a spur to McKellar Hut on the Greenstone Track. In media, news, and popular culture The Routeburn Track was named one of the top eleven trails in the world by the National Geographic Adventure Magazine in May 2005. No filming was done for The Lord of the Rings trilogy on the track itself, but the Dart River Valley just north of Glenorchy and before the track starts, was the scene for Isengard. One of Air New Zealand's safety videos, starring Bear Grylls, was filmed on the Routeburn track. Paul Theroux, the American travel writer, described his hike on the Routeburn Track in Chapter 2 of his 1992 book, The Happy Isles of Oceania. There is an annual mountain run the Routeburn Classic along the Routeburn track (approx 32 km) usually held in April each year that is completed in times of 3–9 hours depending on individual ability. Often the fastest runners complete the entire track in under three hours which is much faster than the 3 days the average tramper takes to complete the track. Deaths In December 1963 a party of 15 school students and teachers were struck by a freak blizzard whilst crossing the Harris saddle, two students died of hypothermia. In March 2008 an Israeli tourist went missing on the track and her body was later found near Roaring Creek having wandered off track for an unknown reason. In July 2016, a Czech male hiker fell and died while hiking the track; his female partner sheltered at the Lake Mackenzie Huts for a month before she was rescued. In May 2018 a 68-year-old man died on the track from a "medical event". Huts and shelters Lake Howden Hut was a potential option for lodging between Milford Sound Road and Lake Mackenzie Hut until it was destroyed by landslide in February 2020. Birdlife There are a variety of New Zealand native