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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2013
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

21.  SUBSEQUENT EVENTS:

The Companies have evaluated subsequent events thru the issuance of the financial statements.

Blue Ridge was formerly party to a Security Combination Agreement with Big Boulder Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (Big Boulder), pursuant to which the shares of Big Boulder could only be transferred with an equal number of shares of Blue Ridge, and vice versa.  On October 31, 2013, Big Boulder merged with and into Blue Ridge, and pursuant to the merger (i) each issued and outstanding common share of Big Boulder was canceled and converted automatically into the right to receive one post-merger Blue Ridge common share; (ii) each issued and outstanding common share of Blue Ridge was canceled and converted automatically into the right to receive one post-merger Blue Ridge common share; (iii) Blue Ridge adopted Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation which set forth, among other things, that (x) the number of authorized shares of common stock of Blue Ridge increased to 6,000,000, (y) the shares of Blue Ridge are uncertificated, and (z) immediately after the merger effective time, every two outstanding post-merger Blue Ridge common shares were combined into and automatically became one post-merger Blue Ridge common share.  Following the merger, on November 1, 2013, shares of Blue Ridge ceased trading on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol BLRGZ and began trading on the OTC Markets under the temporary symbol BRRED, and on December 2, 2013 began trading on the OTC Markets under the symbol BRRE.

Effective November 1, 2013, the Company entered into a concession lease with Boulder View Tavern, Inc., an affiliate of Peak Resorts, for the operation of the Lake Mountain Club. According to the Agreement, the lease term is for a period of five years unless renewed or terminated.

On November 6, 2013, Blue Ridge Real Estate Company closed on the sale to Wildlands Conservancy, Inc., through a Cooperative Agreement with The Pennsylvania Game Commission, for approximately 2,282 acres of land in Buck and Bear Creek Townships, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania for the aggregate purchase price of $5,050,000.  The Company intends to use the proceeds from the sale for general corporate purposes.

On November 25, 2013, the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC)  a Schedule 13E-3 Transaction Statement and accompanying Offer to Purchase, as amended by First Amendment (the First Amendment) dated December 26, 2013, as amended by Second Amendment (the Second Amendment) dated January 6, 2014, as amended by Third Amendment (the Third Amendment) dated January 10, 2014, and as amended by the Fourth Amendment (the Fourth Amendment) dated January 17, 2014, notifying shareholders that the Company is offering to purchase for cash, all of its common shares held by holders of 99 or fewer shares of Blue Ridge as of November 21, 2013 at a purchase price of $11.00 per share. The Offer price represents a premium of approximately 37% to the closing price of the Companys common shares of $8.00 on the OTC Markets as of the close of business on November 20, 2013. In addition to the $11.00 per share purchase price, Blue Ridge is offering each tendering holder of 99 or fewer shares a $100 bonus upon completion of the Offer for properly executed tenders of all shares beneficially owned by such holder which are received and not withdrawn prior to the Expiration Time of the Offer. In connection with the Offer, if the results of the Offer allow, Blue Ridge intends to deregister its common shares with the SEC and take the Company private.  The Offer was set to expire on January 17, 2014. As disclosed in the Fourth Amendment, on January 17, 2014, the Board of Directors made the decision to extend the offer to purchase until February 7, 2014.

On November 30, 2013, BBC Holdings, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, formerly a subsidiary of Big Boulder Corporation, merged with and into Blue Ridge, with Blue Ridge being the surviving corporation.