KILLINGTON, Vt. (AP) – The new president of the Killington ski resort says he’s got his work cut out for him returning the resort to the “gem” it used to be.

But Chris Nyberg said he liked challenges.

While the lifts and the trails are in good shape, Nyberg said a lot of routine maintenance had been neglected in other parts of the resort, which is spread across seven mountains, with 33 lifts and 200 trails on 1,200 acres of skiable terrain.

“There hasn’t been that much money put into this facility in recent times,” said Nyberg, a 30-year ski industry veteran. “I’ll be honest, there’s a lot of work to do in that regard.”

Last month, Powdr Corp. and SP Land Corp. completed the $85.2 million purchase of Killington and neighboring Pico from American Skiing Co. Powdr is taking over the ski and snowboard portion of the operation while SP Land will develop the long-proposed ski village at the base of Killington.

Powdr is planning to spend $3 million this summer on maintenance, including replacing a major snowmaking pipe at Pico. No new lifts or trails are being planned right away.

Powdr, based in Utah, owns six other resorts, all in the West, including Park City Mountain Resort, the site of the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Nyberg said Powdr owner John Cumming gives his managers “a high degree of autonomy.”

The resorts get to retain the money they make during the season to reinvest in improvements, but it also means Killington shouldn’t look to Powdr for an infusion of capital.

“We can take that money and put it back into our business as opposed to perhaps going someplace else,” said Nyberg.