Steep

The definitive extreme skiing experience, Steep presents 90 adrenalin-packed minutes of spectacular big mountain skiing by the best in the business. Steep traces the history of the pursuit of the ultimate experience on skis, from the pioneering days in France in the '70s, when skiers such as Anselme Baud and Patrick Vallencant flirted with death on the hazardously steep, never-before-attempted, slopes of mythical Mont Blanc in Chamonix, to the present day when some of the most internationally renowned skiers travel the world in search of unexplored and increasingly treacherous descents. In a sport where one wrong move can mean the difference between life and death Steep explores the addictive nature of the sport and questions how far is too far for an endorphin fix? While some skiers are drawn to the well-paid, high-profile lifestyle of a burgeoning extreme-media industry, being dropped in at dizzyingly high peaks by helicopters for a highspeed flit down the mountain, others combine skiing and base-jumping to literally fly off sheer cliff faces. A dedicated few opt for a back-to-basics approach, using their mountaineering and rock climbing skills, making the trek through increasingly remote wilderness an important part of the challenge, optimising the thrill and resting their fate squarely in nature's unpredictable hands. Steep is an awe-inspiring psychological journey into the risks, rewards and intense exhilaration of the quest for the last frontier of wild skiing.