Share Repurchase Program	6 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2021
Payments for Repurchase of Equity [Abstract]
Share Repurchase Program	Share Repurchase ProgramOn March 9, 2006, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program, authorizing the Company to repurchase up to 3,000,000 Vail Shares. On July 16, 2008, the Company’s Board of Directors increased the authorization by an additional 3,000,000 Vail Shares, and on December 4, 2015, the Company’s Board of Directors increased the authorization by an additional 1,500,000 Vail Shares for a total authorization to repurchase up to 7,500,000 Vail Shares. The Company did not repurchase any Vail Shares during the three and six months ended January 31, 2021. The Company repurchased zero and 95,618 Vail Shares (at a total cost of approximately $21.4 million), respectively, during the three and six months ended January 31, 2020. Since inception of its share repurchase program through January 31, 2021, the Company has repurchased 6,161,141 Vail Shares for approximately $404.4 million. As of January 31, 2021, 1,338,859 Vail Shares remained available to repurchase under the existing share repurchase program, which has no expiration date. Vail Shares purchased pursuant to the repurchase program will be held as treasury shares and may be used for the issuance of Vail Shares under the Company’s employee share award plan.