Net Income Per Common Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands						3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Oct. 26, 2015	Oct. 09, 2015	Sep. 25, 2015	Mar. 11, 2015	Jun. 08, 2011	Jul. 31, 2015	Apr. 30, 2015	Jan. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014	Jul. 31, 2014	Apr. 30, 2014	Jan. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013	Jul. 31, 2015	Jul. 31, 2014	Jul. 31, 2013
Net income attributable to Vail Resorts, Inc.						$ (70,142)	$ 133,410	$ 115,762	$ (64,276)	$ (75,355)	$ 117,946	$ 59,263	$ (73,376)	$ 114,754	$ 28,478	$ 37,743
Weighted-average shares outstanding, basic (in shares)														36,342,000	36,127,000	35,859,000
Effect of dilutive securities, diluted (in shares)														1,064,000	930,000	874,000
Weighted-average shares outstanding, diluted (in shares)														37,406,000	37,057,000	36,733,000
Basic net income per share attributable to Vail Resorts, Inc. (in dollars per share)						$ (1.92)	$ 3.67	$ 3.19	$ (1.77)	$ (2.08)	$ 3.26	$ 1.64	$ (2.04)	$ 3.16	$ 0.79	$ 1.05
Diluted net income per share attributable to Vail Resorts, Inc. (in dollars per share)						$ (1.92)	$ 3.56	$ 3.10	$ (1.77)	$ (2.08)	$ 3.18	$ 1.60	$ (2.04)	$ 3.07	$ 0.77	$ 1.03
Anti-dilutive securities (in shares)														11,000	17,000	19,000
Estimated annual dividend amount (in dollars per share)				$ 2.49	$ 0.60
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Cash Paid														$ 2.0750
Increase to annual cash dividend rate				50.00%
Cash dividends declared per share (in dollars per share)														$ 2.0750	$ 1.2450	$ 0.7900
Payments of Dividends														$ 75,506	$ 45,021	$ 28,362
Scenario, Forecast [Member]
Cash dividends declared per share (in dollars per share)			$ 0.6225
Dividends Payable, Date to be Paid	Oct. 26, 2015
Dividends Payable, Date of Record		Oct. 09, 2015