Peter Strauss is well known in the Helena community, from his work with Big Brothers-Big Sisters, to helping out at the Helena Farmers Market, to the slopes of Great Divide on ski patrol.

Most recently, he was named the Northern Division Ski Patroller of the Year out of patrollers from Montana, Wyoming, and the Dakotas.

I was absolutely stunned, absolutely stunned, Strauss said. Were not doing this for accolades, were doing this because we love skiing and we wanna give back.

This peer-nomination award makes him one of the top 8 patrollers in the country.

Peter is always fantastic, said Great Divide general manager Travis Crawford. He shows up every day with a smile on his face. He works very hard to make sure all the other patrollers are having a great time. Hes outgoing with our guest

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