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Subsequent Events (Notes)
9 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2013
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
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Subsequent Event
VR CPC Holdings, Inc. (“VR CPC”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and affiliate companies of Talisker Corporation (“Talisker”) entered into a Transaction Agreement, Master Agreement of Lease (the “Lease”) and ancillary transaction documents, pursuant to which the Company assumed the resort operations of Canyons Resort, which includes the ski area and related amenities, effective May 29, 2013. Additionally, these documents set forth the rights and obligations of the parties with respect to the acquisition of certain real estate and personal property, future resort development, access, water rights, intellectual property, transition services, and rights with respect to ongoing litigation between the current operator and Talisker related to the validity of a lease of the Talisker owned land under the ski terrain of Park City Mountain Resort. If the outcome of the litigation is favorable to Talisker, the land under the ski terrain of Park City Mountain Resort will become subject to the Lease. If the outcome of the litigation is unfavorable to Talisker, the Company will be entitled to receive from Talisker the rent payments that Talisker receives from the current resort operator until such time as the current resort operator's lease has ended and the ski terrain under Park City Mountain Resort is then included in the Lease.

The Lease between VR CPC and Talisker has an initial term of 50 years with six 50-year renewal options. The Lease provides for $25 million in annual fixed payments, which increase each year by an inflation linked index of CPI less 1%, with a floor of 2% per annum. In addition, the Lease includes participating contingent payments to Talisker of 42% of the amount by which EBITDA for the resort operations, as calculated under the Lease, exceeds approximately $35 million, with such threshold amount increased by an inflation linked index and a 10% adjustment for any capital improvements or investments made under the Lease by the Company. The inclusion of the ski terrain of Park City Mountain Resort in the Lease would require no additional consideration from VR CPC, but the financial contribution, if any, of the additional ski terrain would be included as part of the calculation of EBITDA for the resort operations, and as a result, factor into the participating contingent payment component of the Lease payment as described above. The Parent Company has guaranteed the obligations of VR CPC under the Lease.