Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Apr. 30, 2016	Jul. 31, 2015	Apr. 30, 2015
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 68,565	$ 35,459	$ 125,214
Restricted cash	5,934	13,012	13,139
Trade receivables, net	145,483	113,990	105,617
Inventories, net	68,882	73,485	62,167
Other current assets	57,455	52,197	64,054
Total current assets	346,319	288,143	370,191
Property, plant and equipment, net (Note 6)	1,370,374	1,386,275	1,259,093
Real estate held for sale and investment	116,874	129,825	137,740
Goodwill, net	509,083	500,433	470,286
Intangible assets, net	141,222	144,149	141,127
Other assets	37,428	40,796	41,068
Total assets	2,521,300	2,489,621	2,419,505
Liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (Note 6)	338,089	331,299	293,056
Income taxes payable	20,059	57,194	36,161
Long-term debt due within one year (Note 4)	13,349	10,154	256,953
Total current liabilities	371,497	398,647	586,170
Long-term debt (Note 4)	615,829	806,676	379,796
Other long-term liabilities (Note 6)	249,298	255,916	235,932
Deferred income taxes	305,134	147,796	240,133
Liabilities	$ 1,541,758	$ 1,609,035	$ 1,442,031
Commitments and contingencies (Note 9)
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, 41,595,420 (unaudited), 41,462,941 and 41,309,969 (unaudited) shares issued, respectively	416	415	413
Additional paid-in capital	632,148	623,510	623,274
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	(1,167)	(4,913)	(623)
Retained earnings	581,245	440,748	533,618
Treasury stock, at cost; 5,434,977 (unaudited), 4,949,111 and 4,949,111 (unaudited) shares, respectively (Note 11)	(246,979)	(193,192)	(193,192)
Total Vail Resorts, Inc. stockholders' equity	965,663	866,568	963,490
Noncontrolling interests	13,879	14,018	13,984
Total stockholders' equity (Note 2)	979,542	880,586	977,474
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ 2,521,300	$ 2,489,621	$ 2,419,505