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Indefinite-Lived Property Management Contracts

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Stamp Duty Expense

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks paid or offered to be paid in a business combination.

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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Amount of tangible or intangible assets, including a business or subsidiary of the acquirer transferred by the entity to the former owners of the acquiree. Excludes cash.

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Amount due from customers or clients for goods or services, including trade receivables, that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, and amounts due from others, including related parties expected to be converted to cash, sold or exchanged within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer, acquired at the acquisition date.

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Amount of intangible assets, excluding goodwill, acquired at the acquisition date.

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Amount of liabilities assumed at the acquisition date.

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Amount recognized as of the acquisition date for the identifiable assets acquired in excess of (less than) the aggregate liabilities assumed.

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The amount of property, plant, and equipment recognized as of the acquisition date.

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Amount of increase in asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized resulting from a business combination.

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The net cash inflow or outflow in aggregate debt due to repayments and proceeds from additional borrowings.

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Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands, $ in Millions						9 Months Ended
	Sep. 24, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares	Apr. 04, 2019 USD ($)	Apr. 04, 2019 AUD ($)	Sep. 27, 2018 USD ($)	Aug. 15, 2018 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Goodwill, Acquired During Period						$ 144,634
Stamp Duty Expense						2,900
Peak Resorts [Member]
Indefinite-Lived Property Management Contracts						3,100
Business Acquisition, Share Price \| $ / shares	$ 11.00
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs						2,800
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets, Receivables	$ 19,578
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred	334,700
Business Combination, Cash Consideration Transferred	264,500
Proceeds from (Repayments of) Debt	335,600
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Other	70,200
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Property, Plant, and Equipment	427,793
Goodwill, Acquired During Period	144,526
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	19,221
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Liabilities	(107,923)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Net	$ 334,730
Falls Creek and Hotham [Member]
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs						$ 4,700
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets, Receivables		$ 6,986
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred			$ 178.9
Business Combination, Cash Consideration Transferred		127,400
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Property, Plant, and Equipment		54,889
Goodwill, Acquired During Period		71,538
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill		5,833
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Liabilities		(11,894)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Net		$ 127,352
Stevens Pass [Member]
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs							$ 1,200
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets, Receivables					$ 752
Business Combination, Cash Consideration Transferred					64,000
Proceeds from (Repayments of) Debt					70,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Property, Plant, and Equipment					34,865
Goodwill, Acquired During Period					28,878
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill					2,680
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Liabilities					(4,029)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Net					$ 64,032
Triple Peaks, LLC [Member]
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs							$ 2,800
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets, Receivables				$ 5,197
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred				229,100
Business Combination, Cash Consideration Transferred				74,100
Proceeds from (Repayments of) Debt				195,600
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Other				155,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Property, Plant, and Equipment				159,799
Goodwill, Acquired During Period				51,742
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill				27,360
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Liabilities				(18,098)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Net				$ 229,093