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Accounting Standards Update [Domain] Accounting Standards Update [Domain] City Area Code City Area Code Assets Assets [Abstract] Mount Snow Secured Note [Member] Mount Snow Secured Note [Member] Mount Snow Secured Note [Member] Other assets and liabilities, net Increase (Decrease) in Other Operating Assets and Liabilities, Net Long-term Debt, Type [Domain] Long-Term Debt, Type [Domain] Statement of Stockholders' Equity [Abstract] Statement of Stockholders' Equity [Abstract] Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Including Equity Interest in Acquiree Held Prior to Combination [Abstract] Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Including Equity Interest in Acquiree Held Prior to Combination Cash flows from financing activities: Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities [Abstract] Remaining shares available for repurchase under existing program Stock Repurchase Program, Remaining Number of Shares Authorized to be Repurchased 2023 (May 2023 through July 2023) Long-Term Debt, Maturity, Year One Stock-based compensation expense Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense Variable Rate [Axis] Variable Rate [Axis] EPR Secured Notes [Member] EPR Secured Notes [Member] EPR Secured Notes [Member] Machinery and equipment Machinery and Equipment, Gross Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] Long-term Debt, Other Disclosures [Abstract] Long-Term Debt, Other Disclosure [Abstract] Lift Lift Tickets [Member] Lift Tickets [Member] Lift Tickets [Member] Whistler Employee Housing Leases Whistler Employee Housing Leases [Member] Whistler Employee Housing Leases Additional number of shares authorized to repurchase Stock Repurchase Program, Additional Number of Shares Authorized to be Repurchased Stock Repurchase Program, Additional Number of Shares Authorized to be Repurchased Summary of Calculation of Basic And Diluted EPS Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block]