Organization and Business

9 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2017

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Vail Resorts, Inc. (“Vail Resorts”) is organized as a holding company and operates through various subsidiaries. Vail Resorts and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) operate in three business segments: Mountain, Lodging and Real Estate.

In the Mountain segment, the Company operates ten world-class mountain resort properties and three urban ski areas including:



Mountain Resorts:		Location:
1.	Vail Mountain	Colorado
2.	Breckenridge	Colorado
3.	Keystone	Colorado
4.	Beaver Creek	Colorado
5.	Park City Mountain Resort (“Park City”)	Utah
6.	Heavenly	Lake Tahoe area of Nevada and California
7.	Northstar	Lake Tahoe area of California
8.	Kirkwood	Lake Tahoe area of California
9.	Perisher Ski Resort (“Perisher”)	New South Wales, Australia
10.	Whistler Blackcomb Resort (“Whistler Blackcomb”)	British Columbia, Canada
Urban Ski Areas (“Urban”):		Location:
1.	Wilmot Mountain (“Wilmot”)	Wisconsin
2.	Afton Alps	Minnesota
3.	Mount Brighton	Michigan

Additionally, the Company operates ancillary services, primarily including ski school, dining and retail/rental operations, and for Perisher including lodging and transportation operations. The resorts located in the United States (“U.S.”), except for Northstar, Park City and the Urban ski areas, operate primarily on federal land under the terms of Special Use Permits granted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The operations of Whistler Blackcomb are conducted on land owned by the government of the Province of British Columbia, Canada within the traditional territory of the Squamish and Lil’wat Nations. The operations of Perisher are conducted pursuant to a long-term lease and license on land owned by the government of New South Wales, Australia.

In the Lodging segment, the Company owns and/or manages a collection of luxury hotels and condominiums under its RockResorts brand, as well as other strategic lodging properties and a large number of condominiums located in proximity to the Company’s North American mountain resorts; National Park Service (“NPS”) concessionaire properties including the Grand Teton Lodge Company (“GTLC”), which operates destination resorts in Grand Teton National Park; Colorado Mountain Express (“CME”), a Colorado resort ground transportation company; and mountain resort golf courses.

Vail Resorts Development Company (“VRDC”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, conducts the operations of the Real Estate segment, which owns, develops and sells real estate in and around the Company’s resort communities.

The Company’s mountain business and lodging properties at or around the Company’s mountain resorts are seasonal in nature with peak operating seasons primarily from mid-November through mid-April in North America. The Company’s operating season at Perisher, its NPS concessionaire properties and its golf courses generally occurs from June to early October.