Subsequent Events (Notes)	9 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2018
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events [Text Block]	11. Subsequent Events Acquisitions Okemo Mountain Resort, Crested Butte Mountain Resort, Mount Sunapee Resort On June 4, 2018, the Company, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into a purchase agreement to acquire Triple Peaks, LLC (“Triple Peaks”), the parent company of Okemo Mountain Resort in Vermont, Crested Butte Mountain Resort in Colorado, and Mount Sunapee Resort in New Hampshire. The Company will purchase Triple Peaks from the Mueller family for a cash purchase price of $82.0 million, subject to certain adjustments. In addition, at closing, Triple Peaks will pay $155.0 million to pay off the leases that all three resorts have with Ski Resort Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of Oz Real Estate, with funds to be provided by the Company. The transaction will be recorded as a business combination and is subject to certain closing conditions, including regulatory approvals. The Company, subject to approval, will be obtaining a new Special Use Permit from the U.S. Forest Service for Crested Butte Mountain Resort, and will be assuming the state land leases for Okemo Mountain Resort and Mount Sunapee Resort. The state land lease transfers are subject to administrative review and consent from their respective states. The transaction is expected to close in the summer of 2018. The Company expects to fund the cash purchase price through cash on-hand and/or incremental borrowings. Stevens Pass Resort On June 4, 2018, the Company, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into a purchase agreement to acquire Stevens Pass Resort in the State of Washington from Ski Resort Holdings, LLC for a total purchase price of $67.0 million, subject to certain adjustments. The transaction will be recorded as a business combination and is subject to certain closing conditions, including regulatory approval. The Company, subject to approval, will be obtaining a new Special Use Permit from the U.S. Forest Service and expects the transaction to close in the summer of 2018.

11. Subsequent Events

Acquisitions

Okemo Mountain Resort, Crested Butte Mountain Resort, Mount Sunapee Resort

On June 4, 2018, the Company, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into a purchase agreement to acquire Triple Peaks, LLC (“Triple Peaks”), the parent company of Okemo Mountain Resort in Vermont, Crested Butte Mountain Resort in Colorado, and Mount Sunapee Resort in New Hampshire. The Company will purchase Triple Peaks from the Mueller family for a cash purchase price of $82.0 million, subject to certain adjustments. In addition, at closing, Triple Peaks will pay $155.0 million to pay off the leases that all three resorts have with Ski Resort Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of Oz Real Estate, with funds to be provided by the Company. The transaction will be recorded as a business combination and is subject to certain closing conditions, including regulatory approvals. The Company, subject to approval, will be obtaining a new Special Use Permit from the U.S. Forest Service for Crested Butte Mountain Resort, and will be assuming the state land leases for Okemo Mountain Resort and Mount Sunapee Resort. The state land lease transfers are subject to administrative review and consent from their respective states. The transaction is expected to close in the summer of 2018. The Company expects to fund the cash purchase price through cash on-hand and/or incremental borrowings.

Stevens Pass Resort

On June 4, 2018, the Company, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into a purchase agreement to acquire Stevens Pass Resort in the State of Washington from Ski Resort Holdings, LLC for a total purchase price of $67.0 million, subject to certain adjustments. The transaction will be recorded as a business combination and is subject to certain closing conditions, including regulatory approval. The Company, subject to approval, will be obtaining a new Special Use Permit from the U.S. Forest Service and expects the transaction to close in the summer of 2018.