While providing some amazing feats of camerawork, this doc largely fails to convey, in any tangible or relatable way, the things that drive these extreme skiers to launch themselves into peril. There's a surprising amount of purely ungainly footage, with skiers essentially shuffling down the snow and rocks they've just climbed. Far better are the more graceful, fluid skiing sequences, and the brief explorations of the ways this community views mortality.

"Steep provides a skin-deep history lesson on extreme skiing." - Nick Schager