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Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details)
$ / shares in Units, CAD in Millions
 3 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2016
USD ($)
$ / shares
shares
Oct. 31, 2016
CAD
shares
Jan. 31, 2016
USD ($)
Oct. 31, 2015
USD ($)
Oct. 17, 2016
USD ($)
Oct. 14, 2016
$ / shares
Jan. 19, 2016
USD ($)
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired $ 512,348,000     $ 0      
Noncontrolling Interest, Increase from Business Combination 181,818,000            
Goodwill, Acquired During Period $ 964,606,000            
Whistler Blackcomb [Member]              
Business Acquisition, Date of Acquisition Agreement Aug. 05, 2016 Aug. 05, 2016          
Shares Purchased to Acquire Business | shares 38,500,000 38,500,000          
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate, Translation           0.097294  
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares | shares 3,746,000 3,746,000          
Business Acquisition, Effective Date of Acquisition Oct. 17, 2016 Oct. 17, 2016          
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life 5 years 5 years          
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent 75.00%            
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners 25.00%            
Wilmot [Member]              
Business Acquisition, Effective Date of Acquisition     Jan. 19, 2016        
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life     10 years        
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred     $ 20,200,000        
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Property, Plant, and Equipment             $ 12,500,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill             400,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets, Prepaid Expense and Other Assets             200,000
Goodwill, Acquired During Period     $ 7,400,000        
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities, Accounts Payable             $ 300,000
United States of America, Dollars | Whistler Blackcomb [Member]              
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets, Receivables         $ 35,969,000    
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred $ 1,087,203,000            
Business Acquisition, Share Price | $ / shares $ 13.31            
Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Revenue of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual $ 600,000            
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred 512,558,000            
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Other 4,308,000            
Total Estimated Purchase Consideration         1,273,329,000    
Realized Investment Gains (Losses) 800,000            
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross 509,200,000            
Foreign Currency Transaction Gain (Loss), Realized 3,400,000.0            
Business Acquisition, Transaction Costs 2,600,000            
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Property, Plant, and Equipment         334,384,000    
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill         150,514,000    
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets, Prepaid Expense and Other Assets         3,113,000    
Goodwill, Acquired During Period $ 964,606,000            
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Assets         144,922,000    
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Deferred Tax Liabilities Noncurrent         1,665,000    
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Liabilities         74,466,000    
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Value Assigned         574,645,000    
Share Price | $ / shares           $ 153.41  
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Real estate held for sale and investment         $ 8,216,000    
Canada, Dollars | Whistler Blackcomb [Member]              
Business Acquisition, Share Price | $ / shares $ 17.50            
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred | CAD   CAD 673.8          
Noncontrolling Interests [Member]              
Noncontrolling Interest, Increase from Business Combination $ 181,818,000            
Common Stock [Member] | Whistler Blackcomb [Member]              
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares | shares 3,327,719 3,327,719          
Exchangeable Shares [Member] | Whistler Blackcomb [Member]              
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares | shares 418,095 418,095