在这部造山记纪录片片中,影片一開始，鏡頭對正巍峨莊嚴的阿爾卑斯山，接著有滑雪旅客的出現，然後便是工程爆破雪山的情景。短短三組鏡頭已預示了全片主旨；旅遊業與全球氣候的變化如何影響雪山的自然生態與居民的生活。每年，上百萬計的旅客前往阿爾卑斯山滑雪度假。以為身處高巔便貼近自然？誰知氣候暖化令阿爾卑斯山要長期依賴人工製雪，而本來純樸的小村落，亦因年輕人改投旅遊事業而日漸荒廢。旅遊業帶來的究竟是福還是禍？
At night, a convoy of tractor crawlers rattle through the snow to groom the ski slopes. Just under 3000 metres in altitude, excavators dig into the ground using dynamite to build a reservoir for the preparation of artificial snow. Concrete blocks of apartments are springing up everywhere, while elsewhere in the mountains, young people have long since moved away and old people talk about how their hometown no longer has a future. Too many regions in the Alps have become dependent on hopelessly commercialized skiing. In PEAK, Hannes Lang observes the invasion and hostile takeover of the Alps by ski tourism and introduces us to the people affected: winners and losers, enthusiasts, sceptics and lost souls.
