Steurer was born in Oberstdorf. He climbed the Eiger Nordwand in the age of seventeen and belongs to the youngest Nordwand climbers. He is deployed as a medical service soldier and army mountain guide in Kempten. He is member of the DAV section Oberstaufen and of the German skimountaineering team. He enjoys mountain climbing combined with mountain biking, skiing and others. In 2002, the UN International Year of Mountains, he and Walter Hölzler from Thalkirchdorf climbed over the three summits Piz Palü in a Hat-trick within 24 hours.
Mountain running
2000:
2nd, CISM Military World Games, Kamerun (20 January)
German course record, Tour de Matterhorn (together with Matthias Robl and Christian Kerber)