Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jan. 31, 2017	Jul. 31, 2016	Jan. 31, 2016
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 140,909	$ 67,897	$ 45,368
Restricted cash	17,132	6,046	6,118
Trade receivables, net	80,758	147,113	87,055
Inventories, net	93,396	74,589	78,770
Other current assets	41,519	27,220	60,965
Total current assets	373,714	322,865	278,276
Property, plant and equipment, net (Note 6)	1,694,746	1,363,814	1,391,889
Real estate held for sale and investment	112,633	111,088	117,999
Goodwill, net (Note 6)	1,469,756	509,037	506,957
Intangible assets, net	289,208	140,007	141,942
Other assets	42,410	35,207	35,896
Total assets	3,982,467	2,482,018	2,472,959
Liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (Note 6)	541,335	397,488	447,770
Income taxes payable	51,056	95,639	34,278
Long-term debt due within one year (Note 4)	38,379	13,354	13,340
Total current liabilities	630,770	506,481	495,388
Long-term debt (Note 4)	1,216,721	686,909	680,002
Other long-term liabilities (Note 6)	271,935	270,168	252,606
Deferred income taxes	182,472	129,994	190,441
Total liabilities	2,301,898	1,593,552	1,618,437
Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)
Stockholders' Equity
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 25,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding	0	0	0
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 45,419,228, 41,614,432 and 41,578,019 shares issued, respectively	454	416	416
Exchangeable shares, $0.01 par value, 73,047, zero and zero shares issued and outstanding, respectively (Note 5)	1	0	0
Additional paid-in capital	1,214,064	635,986	628,168
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(914)	(1,550)	(7,707)
Retained earnings	511,487	486,667	452,922
Treasury stock, at cost, 5,436,294, 5,434,977, and 5,326,941 shares, respectively (Note 10)	(247,189)	(246,979)	(233,192)
Total Vail Resorts, Inc. stockholders’ equity	1,477,903	874,540	840,607
Noncontrolling interests	202,666	13,926	13,915
Total stockholders’ equity	1,680,569	888,466	854,522
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$ 3,982,467	$ 2,482,018	$ 2,472,959