Atlas Explorers

11/16/2024

Meet the people behind Atlas Explorers
We’re Lars Bukkehave and Maria Winther, two mountain guides with a shared passion for adventure, exploration, and helping others experience the extraordinary.

Lars Bukkehave
Mountain Guide, Athlete and Explorer

Despite his Danish roots, Lars has always felt a pull toward the mountains. He spent his childhood savings to attend the Mountain School “Yamnuska” in Canada, sparking a lifelong dedication to outdoor pursuits. Today, he teaches Nordic skiing, ski touring, and ice climbing.

Lars’ drive to push boundaries has taken him to the top of competitive adventure racing, with wins in World Cups, European Championships, and the legendary Patagonia Expedition Race. But for Lars, the medals come second to the personal growth found in the journey.

Maria Winther
Mountain Guide and Adventurer

Maria has always embraced challenges in nature. From motocross and skydiving to mountaineering and skiing, she’s lived life on the edge, culminating in her full-time guiding career. Maria thrives in the balance of pushing limits and soaking in the beauty of wild landscapes.

Together, we don’t just guide - we explore. As a team, we’ve taken on some extraordinary expeditions, including being the first to ski 855 kilometers self-sufficiently from SW to the East Coast of Greenland.

At Atlas Explorers, we feel incredibly fortunate to have found what drives us: creating big and small adventures in breathtaking environments.

Our goal? To equip others with the skills to explore on their own, and maybe even inspire them to dream of their own expeditions one day.

10/29/2024

Tailormade glacier course at the most inaccessible DNT hut in Norway 🧊🏠

We have had the privilege of training two adventurous groups in glacier rescue. They’re preparing for a crossing of the icecap in Greenland next spring and what better place to do that, than the most remote hut in Norway ?

Demmevasshytta is located by Hardangerjøkulen in Norway. The cabin has one of the country's finest locations right next to the Rembesdalsskåkji glacier. It’s a very fractured glacier, which has a lot of beautiful blue ice and technical areas to train and play on. The cabin is also one of the most inaccessible cabins in Norway. The hike in includes two glacier crossings, a technical terrain to pass through and lots of height meters - the perfect circumstances for a group training for an expedition.

Our daytime was spend on the glacier learning to understand the crevasses and how to avoid ending up in a situation where rescue will be needed. That being said, did we also train on how to pull your buddy up and self rescue.

The evenings was spend on theory and sharing knowledge about other things to take into consideration when crossing the massive icecap, of course while eating bunch of pancakes 🤓

05/07/2024

Join us on a high altitude mountaineering expedition to remote corners of Bolivia 🏔️
Our mountaineering expedition is not just about conquering peaks but about enhancing your skills along the way. Our carefully crafted itinerary has a progression in skills and technical and altitude.

Imagine yourself standing atop Pequeno Alpamayo (5450m), Huayna Potosi (6088m), and Illimani (6438m) enjoying the beauty of the Andes unfolding before you🌄

Bolivia is a country less traveled, where every step is an adventure waiting to unfold. Are you up for the challenge?

https://www.atlas-explorers.com/level-3-mountaineering-bolivia/

11/28/2023

New life to the page 🤩

The page was born in 2011 as an Adventure Race team page for Team Merrell before ARWS in Costa Rica. It followed us around the world for Worldseries.

Later it chanced team members and name to Outdoor Rødovre where we had some good fights in the Danish championship and top finishes in stage races in China.

Before Eco Challenge in Fiji each team needed a page and this was the obvious choice for my Canadian Team Atlas that finished strong in 13. Place. Latest winning the European Championship with my Estonian freinds.

All along Lars have been the core figur on the team, therefore it’s natural that this page follows his venture.
I would like to introduce you to my guiding company Atlas Explorers. Here I offer courses and adventures for everything in-between skiing, ice and rock climbing.

Have a quick look at our website
https://www.atlas-explorers.com/join-a-trip/

09/28/2021

What's the best way to explorer Norway in one week? 🕵

I have been bussy scouting around in Norway for Race2Adventure. 🗺😍🤗 🏃

I feel it will be the perfect itinerary that will showcase all the landscape types. It's gonna be a combination of active runs and delicious local food. 🌱🍇🦌🐏

We have already sold 170 spots, so be fast to grab the last 30 spots availble before its to late. 🤜🤟🏃

https://www.race2adventure.com/norway/itinerary/

As you can hear it can be windy at the coast 🌬💨🌊

11/19/2020

Adventure Race film på det store lærred.

Nordic Adventure Film Festival - NAFF viser filmen om Patagonian Expedition Race ”With Spirit”

Filmen følger holdet Team BendRacing/YogaSlackers, hvor Montane Kong Vinter løbsleder Lars Bukkehave deltager.

Filmen introduceres af Lars hvor han fortæller lidt mere indgående omkring løbet.

Filmen vises i København Tirsdag 24/11 kl 21:30 og i Århus Torsdag 3/12 kl 19.

Tak til Nordic Adventure Film Festival for at sende adventure film på det store lærred.

Se mere: http://adventurefilmfest.dk/portfolio/patagonia-expedition-race-with-spirit/

08/29/2020

Amazon Prime Video
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08/26/2020

When epic rain turns a gravel road into and epic bike section!

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08/24/2020

Pre race pics from wonderful . We settled down in style on the coast and enjoyed relaxed preparation before the action at # !

Amazon Prime Video SaltStick Bliz - Protective Sports Gear Hyperlite Mountain Gear xactnutrition Ciele Athletics

08/06/2020

White water rafting on the amazing Navua river was a grand experience!
The one and only 10h series starts August 14th on Amazon Prime Video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmCQ7dm6CwQ

While navigating the rapids of the Navua River in Fiji, in the World’s Toughest Race athletes have to furiously paddle if they’re going to stay in their boat...

08/03/2020

Building a Bili Bili with Fijians and navigate a river for 45km... priceless!

Amazon Prime Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLUnSf2Xepw

This ancient mode of transportation for the local Fijians, proves to be difficult for the athletes as they need to construct their own Bili Bili’s and make t...

08/02/2020

See our TAC (transition area crew) Tessa worried look when
Bear Grylls announces the race would be stopped for a few hours in the next trailer of on Amazon Prime Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwj79W4dD94

Trekking over 110 Kilometers in dense damp jungle with nothing but a compass and your teammates is just one small reason why it truly is The World’s Toughest...

07/30/2020

Watch Eco-Challenge Fiji full series on Amazon Prime Video on Thursday August 14th!

We did this infamous section at night! As Bear Grylls says it, it was indeed "brutal"!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSFtY9HSOx4&

Swimming through bone chilling waters and battling the onset of hypothermia is just one small section of the World’s Toughest Race. About World's Toughest Ra...

07/29/2020

Watch Eco-Challenge Fiji full series on Amazon Prime Video on Thursday August 14th!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89aPh3H8EVg

Cycling the length of New Jersey up and down mountains covered in layers mud is just one of the tasks athletes must undertake as part of the World’s Toughest...

06/25/2020

We are so excited to finally show you all the teaser trailer for ! A 671km expedition over mountains, jungles, rivers, oceans, and swamp - it was one of the most amazing experiences we’ve ever had! Bear Grylls hosts this incredible show coming August 14, only on Amazon Prime Vídeo

https://www.facebook.com/AmazonPrimeVideo/posts/10159837990503362

05/13/2020

Using her feet to move through the grief in her heart, Chelsey Magness and Team BendRacing/Yogaslackers take on one of the wildest and hardest races in the world…

02/26/2020

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