sentences:  After a snow-drought of 6 years, the number of skiers dropped significantly.This caused Normandale to purchase a snowmaker and a sitzlift in an attempt to bring more skiers into the area.The owners, Gordy Bowen and Oscar Strand, found that this did little to help their business as the man-made snow settled into a hard mass and they did not have the grooming tools necessary to maintain the artificial snow.