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- ↑ Steep New York Magazine
- ↑ Steep Washington Post
- ↑ Bill Briggs Biography. Beyond the Grand -- The life of America's Most Influential Ski Mountaineer Archived January 5, 2013, at archive.today Wildsnow.com
- ↑ Steep. Bottom Line: Spectacular photography bolsters this shallow ski movie The Hollywood Reporter
- ↑ Steep Archived March 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Steep on The Documentary Group website
- ↑ Steep Tribeca Film Festival Film Vault
- ↑ Sony Pictures Classics Acquires the Extreme Skiing Documentary, Steep MovieWeb
- ↑ SONY PICTURES CLASSICS ACQUIRES NORTH AMERICAN RIGHTS TO “STEEP” Sony Classics (PDF)
- ↑ Steep (2007) Acting Credits) The New York Times
- ↑ Steep: Backcountry Skiers Risking It All National Geographic Adventure
- ↑ Steep (2007) on Rotten Tomatoes
- ↑ Steep (2007) The New York Times
- ↑ Steep Variety