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Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended |  |
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Apr. 30, 2015 | Apr. 30, 2014 | Apr. 30, 2015 | Apr. 30, 2014 | Jan. 31, 2015 | Jul. 31, 2014 | Mar. 30, 2015
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired |  |  | $ 182,500,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired | $ 0 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired |  |  |
Long-term Debt | 636,749,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebt | 800,102,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebt | 636,749,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebt | 800,102,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebt |  | 626,622,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebt |
Gain (Loss) Related to Litigation Settlement | 0 us-gaap_GainLossRelatedToLitigationSettlement | 0 us-gaap_GainLossRelatedToLitigationSettlement | 16,400,000 us-gaap_GainLossRelatedToLitigationSettlement | 0 us-gaap_GainLossRelatedToLitigationSettlement |  |  |
Park City litigation payment to Talisker |  |  | (10,000,000)mtn_ParkCitylitigationpaymenttoTalisker | 0 mtn_ParkCitylitigationpaymenttoTalisker |  |  |
PCMR [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill, Purchase Accounting Adjustments |  |  |  |  | 13,000,000 us-gaap_GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = mtn_PCMRMember |  |
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Revenue |  | 575,637,000 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaRevenue / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = mtn_PCMRMember | 1,239,878,000 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaRevenue / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = mtn_PCMRMember | 1,175,694,000 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaRevenue / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = mtn_PCMRMember |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Effective Date of Acquisition |  |  | Sep. 11, 2014 |  |  |  |
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life |  |  | 46 years |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Revenue of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual | 35,400,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProFormaInformationRevenueOfAcquireeSinceAcquisitionDateActual / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = mtn_PCMRMember |  | 63,800,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProFormaInformationRevenueOfAcquireeSinceAcquisitionDateActual / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = mtn_PCMRMember |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Net Income (Loss) |  | 127,625,000 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaNetIncomeLoss / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = mtn_PCMRMember | 185,565,000 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaNetIncomeLoss / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = mtn_PCMRMember | 113,179,000 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaNetIncomeLoss / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = mtn_PCMRMember |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Earnings Per Share, Basic |  | $ 3.53 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionProFormaEarningsPerShareBasic / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = mtn_PCMRMember | $ 5.11 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionProFormaEarningsPerShareBasic / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = mtn_PCMRMember | $ 3.13 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionProFormaEarningsPerShareBasic / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = mtn_PCMRMember |  |  |
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred |  |  | 182,500,000 mtn_BusinessCombinationCashConsiderationTransferred / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = mtn_PCMRMember |  |  |  |
Gain (Loss) Related to Litigation Settlement |  |  | 16,400,000 us-gaap_GainLossRelatedToLitigationSettlement / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = mtn_PCMRMember |  |  |  |
Fair value of litigation settlement |  |  | 10,100,000 mtn_Fairvalueoflitigationsettlement / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = mtn_PCMRMember |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Other |  |  | 26,500,000 mtn_Litigationsettlementaccountedforasconsideration / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = mtn_PCMRMember |  |  |  |
Park City litigation payment to Talisker |  |  | 10,000,000 mtn_ParkCitylitigationpaymenttoTalisker / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = mtn_PCMRMember |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Transaction Costs |  |  | 800,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationSeparatelyRecognizedTransactionsAdditionalDisclosuresAcquisitionCostExpensed / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = mtn_PCMRMember |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Earnings Per Share, Diluted |  | $ 3.44 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionProFormaEarningsPerShareDiluted / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = mtn_PCMRMember | $ 4.97 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionProFormaEarningsPerShareDiluted / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = mtn_PCMRMember | $ 3.06 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionProFormaEarningsPerShareDiluted / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = mtn_PCMRMember |  |  |
Perisher [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Date of Acquisition Agreement |  |  | Mar. 30, 2015 |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired |  |  |  |  |  |  | 100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = mtn_PerisherMember
Lease Expiration Date |  |  | Jan. 01, 2048 |  |  |  |
Optional Lease Renewal Term |  |  | 20-year renewal option |  |  |  |
Canyons Obligation [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-term Debt | 316,056,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mtn_CanyonsObligationMember | 310,472,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mtn_CanyonsObligationMember | 316,056,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mtn_CanyonsObligationMember | 310,472,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mtn_CanyonsObligationMember |  | 311,858,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mtn_CanyonsObligationMember |
Australia, Dollars | Perisher [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred |  |  | $ 176,000,000 mtn_BusinessCombinationCashConsiderationTransferred / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = mtn_PerisherMember / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_AUD |  |  |  |

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