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Share Repurchase Program	3 Months Ended
Share Repurchase Program	Oct. 31, 2017
Payments for Repurchase of Equity [Abstract]
Share Repurchase Program	Share Repurchase Program On March 9, 2006, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program, authorizing the Company to repurchase up to 3,000,000 Vail Shares. On July 16, 2008, the Company’s Board of Directors increased the authorization by an additional 3,000,000 Vail Shares, and on December 4, 2015, the Company’s Board of Directors increased the authorization by an additional 1,500,000 Vail Shares for a total authorization to repurchase up to 7,500,000 total shares. The Company did not repurchase any Vail Shares during either of the three months ended October 31, 2017 or 2016. Since inception of its share repurchase program through October 31, 2017, the Company has repurchased 5,436,294 Vail Shares for $247.2 million. As of October 31, 2017, 2,063,706 Vail Shares remained available to repurchase under the existing share repurchase program, which has no expiration date. Vail Shares purchased pursuant to the repurchase program will be held as treasury shares and may be used for the issuance of Vail Shares under the Company’s employee share award plan.