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Revenue (Notes)
 6 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2021
Revenue [Abstract]  
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Text Block]
2020/2021 North American Credit Offer and Epic Coverage
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company closed its North American destination mountain resorts, regional ski areas and retail stores early during the 2019/2020 North American ski season, beginning on March 15, 2020. Subsequently, the Company announced a credit offer for all existing 2019/2020 North American ski season pass product holders to purchase 2020/2021 North American ski season pass products at a discount (the “Credit Offer”). The Credit Offer discounts ranged from a minimum of 20% to a maximum of 80% for season pass holders, depending on the number of days the pass holder used their pass product during the 2019/2020 season and a credit, with no minimum, but up to 80% for multi-day pass products, such as the Epic Day Pass, based on total unused days. The Credit Offer was considered a contract modification which constituted a material right to 2019/2020 North American ski season guests and, as such, represents a separate performance obligation to which the Company allocated a transaction price of approximately $120.9 million. As a result, the Company deferred $120.9 million of pass product revenue, which would have otherwise been recognized as lift revenue during the year ended July 31, 2020. The Credit Offer expired on September 17, 2020 and at that time, the Company estimated the amount of Credit Offer discounts redeemed would be approximately $15.4 million less than the $120.9 million of deferred pass product revenue. As a result, the Company recognized $15.4 million as lift revenue during the three months ended October 31, 2020. The remaining deferred revenue associated with the Credit Offer is being recognized as lift revenue as the performance obligations are satisfied, which the Company expects will be largely completed by the end of the third quarter of the fiscal year ending July 31, 2021. In the event that a pass product holder obtains a refund under Epic Coverage (as discussed below) for the 2020/2021 North American ski season and is eligible to utilize their credit toward the purchase of a pass product for the 2021/2022 North American ski season, this remaining deferred revenue will be recognized in the fiscal year ending July 31, 2022.
In April 2020, the Company announced Epic Coverage, which is included with the purchase of all 2020/2021 North American pass products for no additional charge. Epic Coverage offers refunds to 2020/2021 North American pass product holders if certain qualifying personal or resort closure events occurred before or occur during the 2020/2021 North American ski season, or if pass product holders were unable to make reservations on their preferred days by December 7, 2020. The estimated amount of refunds will reduce the amount of pass product revenue recognized during the year ending July 31, 2021. To estimate the amount of refunds under Epic Coverage, the Company considered (i) historical claims data for personal events, (ii) provincial, state, county and local COVID-19 regulations and public health orders, (iii) the ability for the Company’s pass holders to make reservations on their preferred days, and (iv) the Company’s current operating plans for its resorts. The Company believes the estimates of refunds are reasonable; however, actual results could vary materially from such estimates, and such estimates will be remeasured at each reporting date.
Additionally, for the 2020/2021 North American ski season, the Company introduced Epic Mountain Rewards, a program which provides pass product holders a discount of 20% off on-mountain food and beverage, lodging, group ski and ride school lessons, equipment rentals and more at the Company’s North American owned and operated Resorts. Epic Mountain Rewards constitutes a material right to pass product holders and as a result, the Company allocates a portion of the pass product transaction price to these other lines of business.

Disaggregation of Revenues
The following table presents net revenues disaggregated by segment and major revenue type for the three and six months ended January 31, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):
Three Months Ended January 31,Six Months Ended January 31,
 2021202020212020
Mountain net revenue:
Lift$430,775 $484,348 $463,866 $526,177 
Ski School56,390 102,743 58,434 111,277 
Dining31,810 75,719 34,878 97,348 
Retail/Rental90,126 133,713 112,432 181,628 
Other32,354 49,022 66,559 109,947 
Total Mountain net revenue$641,455 $845,545 $736,169 $1,026,377 
Lodging net revenue:
     Owned hotel rooms$6,708 $11,251 $14,073 $31,197 
Managed condominium rooms
20,336 31,500 29,665 46,240 
Dining
2,865 11,111 3,958 29,254 
Transportation
2,947 7,725 2,947 10,076 
Golf
— — 8,562 10,543 
Other
8,000 13,855 17,266 27,699 
40,856 75,442 76,471 155,009 
Payroll cost reimbursements
2,018 3,445 3,221 6,636 
Total Lodging net revenue $42,874 $78,887 $79,692 $161,645 
Total Resort net revenue$684,329 $924,432 $815,861 $1,188,022 
Total Real Estate net revenue315 206 569 4,386 
Total net revenue$684,644 $924,638 $816,430 $1,192,408 

Contract Balances
Deferred revenue balances of a short-term nature were $480.4 million and $256.4 million as of January 31, 2021 and July 31, 2020, respectively. Deferred revenue balances of a long-term nature, comprised primarily of long-term private club initiation fee revenue, were $120.9 million and $121.9 million as of January 31, 2021 and July 31, 2020, respectively. For the three and six months ended January 31, 2021, the Company recognized approximately $100.3 million and $136.1 million, respectively, of revenue that was included in the deferred revenue balance as of July 31, 2020. As of January 31, 2021, the weighted average remaining period over which revenue for unsatisfied performance obligations on long-term private club contracts will be recognized was approximately 16 years. Trade receivables, net were $117.0 million and $106.7 million as of January 31, 2021 and July 31, 2020, respectively.
Costs to Obtain Contracts with Customers
As of January 31, 2021, $8.6 million of costs to obtain contracts with customers were recorded within other current assets on the Company’s Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheet. The amounts capitalized are subject to amortization commensurate with the revenue recognized for related skier visits. The Company recorded amortization of $7.4 million and $7.8 million, respectively, for these costs during the three and six months ended January 31, 2021, which was recorded within Mountain and Lodging operating expenses on the Company’s Consolidated Condensed Statement of Operations.