Acquisitions	3 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2012
Business Combinations [Abstract]
Acquisitions	Acquisitions Skiinfo On February 1, 2012, the Company acquired the capital stock of Skiinfo, AS, a Norwegian company which owns and operates several European websites focused on the ski and snowboarding industry, for total cash consideration of $5.7 million, net of cash assumed. The purchase price was allocated to identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values at the acquisition date. The Company has completed its preliminary purchase price allocation and has recorded $2.4 million in property plant and equipment, $2.7 million in other assets, $1.8 million in goodwill, $0.7 million in indefinite-lived intangible assets, $0.5 million in other intangible assets (with a weighted-average amortization period of 6.7 years), and $2.6 million of assumed liabilities on the date of acquisition. The operating results of Skiinfo are reported within the Mountain segment. Kirkwood Mountain Resort On April 12, 2012, the Company acquired substantially all of the assets of Kirkwood Mountain Resort (“Kirkwood”), a mountain resort located in Lake Tahoe, California, for total cash consideration of approximately $18.2 million, net of cash assumed, subject to certain working capital adjustments as provided for in the purchase agreement. The purchase price was allocated to identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values at the acquisition date. The Company has completed its preliminary purchase price allocation and has recorded $16.8 million in property, plant and equipment, $2.5 million in other assets, $0.8 million in indefinite-lived intangible assets, $1.2 million in other intangible assets (with a weighted-average amortization period of 21.5 years), and $3.1 million of assumed liabilities on the date of acquisition. The operating results of Kirkwood are reported within the Mountain segment.

Acquisitions

3 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2012

Skiinfo

On February 1, 2012, the Company acquired the capital stock of Skiinfo, AS, a Norwegian company which owns and operates several European websites focused on the ski and snowboarding industry, for total cash consideration of $5.7 million, net of cash assumed. The purchase price was allocated to identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values at the acquisition date. The Company has completed its preliminary purchase price allocation and has recorded $2.4 million in property plant and equipment, $2.7 million in other assets, $1.8 million in goodwill, $0.7 million in indefinite-lived intangible assets, $0.5 million in other intangible assets (with a weighted-average amortization period of 6.7 years), and $2.6 million of assumed liabilities on the date of acquisition. The operating results of Skiinfo are reported within the Mountain segment.

Kirkwood Mountain Resort

On April 12, 2012, the Company acquired substantially all of the assets of Kirkwood Mountain Resort (“Kirkwood”), a mountain resort located in Lake Tahoe, California, for total cash consideration of approximately $18.2 million, net of cash assumed, subject to certain working capital adjustments as provided for in the purchase agreement. The purchase price was allocated to identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values at the acquisition date. The Company has completed its preliminary purchase price allocation and has recorded $16.8 million in property, plant and equipment, $2.5 million in other assets, $0.8 million in indefinite-lived intangible assets, $1.2 million in other intangible assets (with a weighted-average amortization period of 21.5 years), and $3.1 million of assumed liabilities on the date of acquisition. The operating results of Kirkwood are reported within the Mountain segment.