VAIL RESORTS INC (MTN)
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SEC company page: https://www.sec.gov/edgar/browse/?CIK=812011. Latest filing source: 0000812011-26-000049.
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At a glance
- Revenue
- 2,838,204,000 USD verified
- Net income
- 147,535,000 USD verified
- Assets
- 5,526,448,000 USD verified
- Free cash flow
- 248,001,000 USD computed
- Net margin
- 5.20% computed
- Operating margin
- 14.82% computed
- Revenue YoY
- -4.26% computed
- ROE
- 61.34% computed
Peer & cluster context
Peer percentile fingerprint
Percentile = share of the N covered peers reporting that ratio whose value is lower (ties counted half); computed among grepcent-covered companies in SIC industry 7990 Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation, not the whole market. A higher percentile means a higher value of the ratio, not a better company. Ratios with fewer than 8 reporting peers are omitted. Latest reported values per company; fiscal periods may differ. Descriptive arithmetic - not a score, rating, or ranking.
Selected Fundamentals
| Metric | Value | Unit | FY | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2,838,204,000 | USD | 2026 | 2026-09-28 |
| Net income | 147,535,000 | USD | 2026 | 2026-09-28 |
| Assets | 5,526,448,000 | USD | 2026 | 2026-09-28 |
Financials
Annual standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-09-28. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0000812011.json. Derived margins, ratios, and free cash flow are computed from the extracted annual SEC facts.
| Metric | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1,907,218,000 | 2,011,553,000 | 2,271,575,000 | 1,963,704,000 | 1,909,710,000 | 2,525,912,000 | 2,889,364,000 | 2,885,191,000 | 2,964,347,000 | 2,838,204,000 |
| Net income | 210,553,000 | 379,898,000 | 301,163,000 | 98,833,000 | 127,850,000 | 347,923,000 | 265,825,000 | 231,105,000 | 280,004,000 | 147,535,000 |
| Operating income | 379,256,000 | 408,817,000 | 476,269,000 | 223,389,000 | 261,016,000 | 601,728,000 | 504,420,000 | 488,849,000 | 559,960,000 | 420,541,000 |
| Diluted EPS | 5.22 | 9.13 | 7.32 | 2.42 | 3.13 | 8.55 | 6.69 | 6.09 | 7.53 | 4.12 |
| Operating cash flow | 470,983,000 | 548,486,000 | 634,231,000 | 394,950,000 | 525,250,000 | 710,499,000 | 637,855,000 | 589,022,000 | 554,870,000 | 479,626,000 |
| Capital expenditures | 144,432,000 | 140,611,000 | 192,035,000 | 172,334,000 | 115,097,000 | 192,817,000 | 314,912,000 | 211,197,000 | 235,191,000 | 231,625,000 |
| Dividends paid | 146,235,000 | 204,161,000 | 260,567,000 | 212,732,000 | 0.00 | 225,786,000 | 314,350,000 | 323,684,000 | 328,168,000 | 317,131,000 |
| Share buybacks | 210,000 | 25,800,000 | 85,000,000 | 46,422,000 | 0.00 | 75,006,000 | 500,000,000 | 150,000,000 | 270,000,000 | 45,000,000 |
| Assets | 4,110,718,000 | 4,064,984,000 | 4,426,077,000 | 5,244,232,000 | 6,251,056,000 | 6,318,028,000 | 5,947,754,000 | 5,686,573,000 | 5,777,885,000 | 5,526,448,000 |
| Liabilities | 2,311,759,000 | 2,253,321,000 | 2,699,237,000 | 3,712,565,000 | 4,421,988,000 | 4,470,544,000 | 4,612,094,000 | 4,661,695,000 | 5,023,981,000 | 4,969,050,000 |
| Stockholders' equity | 1,571,156,000 | 1,589,434,000 | 1,500,627,000 | 1,316,742,000 | 1,594,599,000 | 1,612,439,000 | 1,003,947,000 | 709,932,000 | 424,499,000 | 240,527,000 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 117,389,000 | 178,145,000 | 108,850,000 | 390,980,000 | 1,243,962,000 | 1,107,427,000 | 562,975,000 | 322,827,000 | 440,290,000 | 231,349,000 |
| Free cash flow | 326,551,000 | 407,875,000 | 442,196,000 | 222,616,000 | 410,153,000 | 517,682,000 | 322,943,000 | 377,825,000 | 319,679,000 | 248,001,000 |
Ratios
| Metric | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 11.04% | 18.89% | 13.26% | 5.03% | 6.69% | 13.77% | 9.20% | 8.01% | 9.45% | 5.20% |
| Operating margin | 19.89% | 20.32% | 20.97% | 11.38% | 13.67% | 23.82% | 17.46% | 16.94% | 18.89% | 14.82% |
| Return on equity | 13.40% | 23.90% | 20.07% | 7.51% | 8.02% | 21.58% | 26.48% | 32.55% | 65.96% | 61.34% |
| Return on assets | 5.12% | 9.35% | 6.80% | 1.88% | 2.05% | 5.51% | 4.47% | 4.06% | 4.85% | 2.67% |
| Liabilities / equity | 1.47 | 1.42 | 1.80 | 2.82 | 2.77 | 2.77 | 4.59 | 6.57 | 11.84 | 20.66 |
| Current ratio | 0.72 | 0.91 | 0.73 | 1.10 | 1.78 | 1.61 | 1.07 | 0.82 | 0.63 | 0.80 |
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Financial Bridges
Free cash flow = operating cash flow - capital expenditures
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Financial Charts
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As-reported value updates
Quarterly
Quarterly standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-09-28. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0000812011.json.
| Quarter | End Date | Revenue | Net Income | Diluted EPS | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q1 | 2022-10-31 | -3.40 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2023-Q2 | 2023-01-31 | 5.16 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2023-Q3 | 2023-04-30 | 8.18 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2024-Q1 | 2023-10-31 | 258,565,000 | -175,512,000 | -4.60 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q2 | 2024-01-31 | 1,077,958,000 | 219,299,000 | 5.76 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q3 | 2024-04-30 | 1,283,282,000 | 361,995,000 | 9.54 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q4 | 2024-07-31 | 265,386,000 | -175,377,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2025-Q1 | 2024-10-31 | 260,275,000 | -172,836,000 | -4.61 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q2 | 2025-01-31 | 1,137,225,000 | 245,548,000 | 6.56 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q3 | 2025-04-30 | 1,295,558,000 | 392,752,000 | 10.54 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q4 | 2025-07-31 | 271,289,000 | -185,460,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2026-Q1 | 2025-10-31 | 271,029,000 | -186,752,000 | -5.20 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2026-Q2 | 2026-01-31 | 1,083,932,000 | 210,007,000 | 5.87 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2026-Q3 | 2026-04-30 | 1,205,175,000 | 314,435,000 | 8.81 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2026-Q4 | 2026-07-31 | 278,068,000 | -190,155,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD |
Quarterly Charts
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Business
Read MTN's verbatim Item 1 Business section from its latest 10-K: Business.
Risk Factors
Read MTN's verbatim Item 1A Risk Factors from its latest 10-K: Risk Factors.
Latest quarter (10-Q)
Latest 10-Q source: 0000812011-26-000026.
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Vail Resorts, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, is referred to throughout this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 30, 2026 (“Form 10-Q”) as “we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company.”
The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2025 (“Form 10-K”) and the Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements as of April 30, 2026 and 2025 and for the three and nine months then ended, included in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q, which provide additional information regarding our financial position, results of operations and cash flows. To the extent that the following MD&A contains statements which are not of a historical nature, such statements are forward-looking statements, which involve risks and uncertainties. See “Forward-Looking Statements” below. These risks include, but are not limited to, those discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including the risks described in Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of Part I of our Form 10-K, which was filed on September 29, 2025.
The MD&A includes discussion of financial performance within each of our three segments. We have chosen to specifically include segment Reported EBITDA (defined as segment net revenue less segment operating expense, plus segment equity investment income or loss, and for the Real Estate segment, plus gain or loss on sale of real property) in the following discussion because we consider this measurement to be a significant indication of our financial performance. We utilize segment Reported EBITDA in evaluating our performance and in allocating resources to our segments. Net Debt (defined as long-term debt, net plus long-term debt due within one year less cash and cash equivalents) is included in the following discussion because we consider this measure to be a significant indication of our available capital resources. We also believe that Net Debt is an important measurement as it is an indicator of our ability to obtain additional capital resources for our future cash needs. Resort Reported EBITDA (defined as the combination of segment Reported EBITDA of our Mountain and Lodging segments), Total Reported EBITDA (which is Resort Reported EBITDA plus segment Reported EBITDA from our Real Estate segment) and Net Debt are not measures of financial performance or liquidity defined under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). Refer to the end of the Results of Operations section for a reconciliation of net income attributable to Vail Resorts, Inc. to Total Reported EBITDA and Resort Reported EBITDA, and long-term debt, net to Net Debt.
Items excluded from Resort Reported EBITDA, Total Reported EBITDA and Net Debt are significant components in understanding and assessing financial performance or liquidity. Resort Reported EBITDA, Total Reported EBITDA and Net Debt should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to, or substitute for, net income, net change in cash and cash equivalents or other financial statement data presented in the Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements as indicators of financial performance or liquidity. Because Resort Reported EBITDA, Total Reported EBITDA and Net Debt are not measurements determined in accordance with GAAP and are thus susceptible to varying calculations, Resort Reported EBITDA, Total Reported EBITDA and Net Debt, as presented herein, may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies. In addition, our segment Reported EBITDA (i.e., Mountain, Lodging and Real Estate), the measure of
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segment profit or loss required to be disclosed in accordance with GAAP, may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies.
The following discussion has been adjusted to reflect our revision of previously issued Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements to correct for prior period misstatements, which we concluded did not, either individually or in the aggregate, result in a material misstatement of our previously issued Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements. Further information regarding the revision is included in Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Note 11, Revision of Previously Issued Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements of the Notes to the Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Overview
Our operations are grouped into three integrated and interdependent segments: Mountain, Lodging and Real Estate. We refer to “Resort” as the combination of the Mountain and Lodging segments.
Mountain Segment
In the Mountain segment, the Company operates the following 42 destination mountain resorts and regional ski areas (collectively, “Resorts”).
*Denotes a destination mountain resort, which generally receives a meaningful portion of skier visits from long-distance travelers, as opposed to our regional ski areas, which tend to generate skier visits predominantly from their respective local markets.
Additionally, the Mountain segment includes ancillary services, primarily including ski school, dining and retail/rental operations, and for our Australian ski areas, including lodging and transportation operations. Mountain segment revenue is seasonal, with the majority of revenue earned from our North American and European ski operations occurring in our second and third fiscal quarters and the majority of revenue earned from our Australian ski operations occurring in our first and fourth fiscal quarters. Our North American and European Resorts typically experience their peak operating season for the Mountain segment from mid-December through mid-April, and our Australian ski areas typically experience their peak operating season from June to early October. Consequently, our first and fourth fiscal quarters are seasonally low periods as most of our North American and European ski operations are generally not open for business, and the activity of our Australian ski areas’ peak season and our North American and European summer operating results are not sufficient to offset the losses incurred during these seasonally low periods. Revenue of the Mountain segment during the first and fourth fiscal quarters is primarily generated from summer and group related visitation at our North American and European destination mountain resorts, retail/rental operations and peak season Australian ski operations. Our largest source of Mountain segment revenue is the sale of lift tickets and pass products, which represented approximately 65% and 64% of Mountain segment revenue for the three months ended April 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively, and approximately 60% and 59% of Mountain segment revenue for the nine months ended April 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
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Lift revenue is driven by volume and pricing. Pricing is impacted by absolute pricing, as well as both the demographic and geographic mix of guests, which impacts the price points at which various products are purchased. The demographic mix of guests that visit our North American Resorts is divided into two primary categories: (i) out-of-state and international (“Destination”) guests; and (ii) in-state and local (“Local”) guests. The geographic mix depends on levels of visitation to our destination mountain resorts versus our regional ski areas. For the 2025/2026 North American ski season, Destination guests comprised approximately 58% of our North American destination mountain resort skier visits (excluding complimentary access), while Local guests comprised approximately 42% of our North American destination mountain resort skier visits (excluding complimentary access), which compares to 56% and 44%, respectively, for the 2024/2025 North American ski season. Skier visitation at our regional ski areas is largely comprised of Local guests. Destination guests generally purchase our higher-priced lift tickets (including pass products) and utilize more ancillary services such as ski school, dining and retail/rental, as well as lodging proximate to our mountain resorts. Additionally, Destination guest visitation is less likely to be impacted by changes in the weather during the current season, but may be more impacted by adverse economic conditions, the global geopolitical climate, travel disruptions or weather conditions in the immediately preceding ski season. Local guests tend to be more value-oriented and weather-sensitive.
We offer a variety of pass products for all of our Resorts, marketed toward both Destination and Local guests. Our pass product offerings range from providing access to one or a combination of our Resorts for a certain number of days to our Epic Pass, which allows pass holders unlimited and unrestricted access to all of our Resorts. The Epic Day Pass is a customizable one to seven day pass product purchased in advance of the season, for those skiers and riders who expect to ski a certain number of days during the season, and which is available in three tiers of resort access offerings. Our pass products provide a compelling value proposition to our guests, which in turn assists us in developing a loyal base of customers who commit to ski at our Resorts generally in advance of the ski season and typically ski more days each season at our Resorts than those guests who do not buy pass products. Additionally, we enter into strategic long-term pass alliance agreements with third-party mountain resorts, which further increase the value proposition of our pass products. For the 2025/2026 ski season, our pass alliances include Telluride Ski Resort in Colorado, Hakuba Valley and Rusutsu Resort in Japan, Resorts of the Canadian Rockies in Canada, Les 3 Vallées in France, Disentis Ski Area and Verbier 4 Vallées in Switzerland, Skirama Dolomiti in Italy and Ski Arlberg, Sölden, Saalbach and Zell am See-Kaprun, Mayrhofen and Hintertux and Silvretta Montafon in Austria. Our pass program drives strong customer loyalty; mitigates exposure to more weather sensitive guests; generates additional ancillary spending; and provides cash flow in advance of winter season operations. In addition, our pass program attracts new guests to our Resorts. Our pass products, including the Epic Pass and Epic Day Pass, are predominately sold prior to the start of the ski season. Pass product revenue, although primarily collected prior to the ski season, is recognized in the Consolidated Condensed Statements of Operations throughout the ski season on a straight-line basis using the number of skiable days of the season-to-date period relative to the total estimated number of skiable days of the season.
Lift revenue consists of pass product lift revenue (“pass revenue”) and non-pass product lift revenue (“non-pass revenue”). For the nine months ended April 30, 2026 and 2025, approximately 70% and 66%, respectively, of our total lift revenue recognized was derived from pass revenue.
The cost structure of our mountain resort operations has a significant fixed component with variable expenses including, but not limited to, land use permit or lease fees, credit card fees, retail/rental cost of sales and labor, ski school labor and dining operations; as such, profit margins can fluctuate greatly based on the level of revenues.
Lodging Segment
Operations within the Lodging segment include: (i) ownership/management of a group of luxury hotels through the RockResorts brand proximate to our Colorado and Utah mountain resorts; (ii) ownership/management of non-RockResorts branded hotels and condominiums proximate to our North American Resorts; (iii) National Park Service (“NPS”) concessioner properties, including the Grand Teton Lodge Company (“GTLC”); (iv) a Colorado resort ground transportatio
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Latest 10-K MD&A (excerpt)
Latest 10-K Item 7 source: 0000812011-26-000049. The complete FY 2026 MD&A is published at /company/MTN/mda/fy2026/.
ITEM 7.MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and notes related thereto included in this Form 10-K. To the extent that the following MD&A contains statements which are not of a historical nature, such statements are forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those discussed in Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in this Form 10-K. The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the Forward-Looking Statements section and Item 1A. “Risk Factors,” each included in this Form 10-K.
The MD&A includes discussion of financial performance within each of our three segments. We have chosen to specifically include segment Reported EBITDA (defined as segment net revenue less segment operating expense, plus segment equity investment income or loss, and for the Real Estate segment, plus gain or loss on sale of real property) in the following discussion because we consider this measurement to be a significant indication of our financial performance. We utilize segment Reported EBITDA in evaluating our performance and in allocating resources to our segments. Net Debt (defined as long-term debt, net plus long-term debt due within one year less cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments) is included in the following discussion because we consider this measure to be a significant indication of our available capital resources. We also believe that Net Debt is an important measurement as it is an indicator of our ability to obtain additional capital resources for our future cash needs. Resort Reported EBITDA (defined as the combination of segment Reported EBITDA of our Mountain and Lodging segments), Total Reported EBITDA (which is Resort Reported EBITDA plus segment Reported EBITDA from our Real Estate segment) and Net Debt are not measures of financial performance or liquidity defined under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). Refer to the end of the Results of Operations section for a reconciliation of net income attributable to Vail Resorts, Inc. to Total Reported EBITDA and Resort Reported EBITDA, and long-term debt, net to Net Debt.
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Items excluded from Resort Reported EBITDA, Total Reported EBITDA and Net Debt are significant components in understanding and assessing financial performance or liquidity. Resort Reported EBITDA, Total Reported EBITDA and Net Debt should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to, or substitute for, net income, net change in cash and cash equivalents or other financial statement data presented in the Consolidated Financial Statements. Because Resort Reported EBITDA, Total Reported EBITDA and Net Debt are not measurements determined in accordance with GAAP and are thus susceptible to varying calculations, Resort Reported EBITDA, Total Reported EBITDA and Net Debt, as presented herein, may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies. In addition, our segment Reported EBITDA (i.e., Mountain, Lodging and Real Estate), the measure of segment profit or loss required to be disclosed in accordance with GAAP, may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies.
Overview
Our operations are grouped into three integrated and interdependent segments: Mountain, Lodging and Real Estate. We refer to “Resort” as the combination of the Mountain and Lodging segments. The Mountain, Lodging and Real Estate segments represented approximately 88%, 12% and 0%, respectively, of our net revenue for Fiscal 2026.
Mountain Segment
In the Mountain segment, the Company operates the following 42 destination mountain resorts and regional ski areas (collectively, “Resorts”):
*Denotes a destination mountain resort, which generally receives a meaningful portion of skier visits from long-distance travelers, as opposed to our regional ski areas, which tend to generate skier visits predominantly from their respective local markets.
Additionally, we operate ancillary services, primarily including ski school, dining and retail/rental operations, and for our Australian ski areas, including lodging and transportation operations. Mountain segment revenue is seasonal, with the majority of revenue earned from our North American and European ski operations occurring in our second and third fiscal quarters and the majority of revenue earned from our Australian ski operations occurring in our first and fourth fiscal quarters. Our North American and European Resorts typically experience their peak operating season for the Mountain segment from mid-December through mid-April, and our Australian ski areas typically experience their peak operating season from June to early October. Our largest source of Mountain segment revenue comes from the sale of lift tickets (including pass products), which represented approximately 58%, 57% and 57% of Mountain segment net revenue for Fiscal 2026, the fiscal year ended July 31, 2025 (“Fiscal 2025”) and the fiscal year ended July 31, 2024 (“Fiscal 2024”), respectively.
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Lift revenue is driven by volume and pricing. Pricing is impacted by absolute pricing, as well as both the demographic and geographic mix of guests, which impacts the price points at which various products are purchased. The demographic mix of guests that visit our North American Resorts is divided into two primary categories: (i) out-of-state and international (“Destination”) guests; and (ii) in-state and local (“Local”) guests. The geographic mix depends on levels of visitation to our destination mountain resorts versus our regional ski areas. For the 2025/2026 North American ski season, Destination guests comprised approximately 58% of our North American destination mountain resort skier visits (excluding complimentary access), while Local guests comprised approximately 42% of our North American destination mountain resort skier visits (excluding complimentary access), which compares to 56% and 44%, respectively, for the 2024/2025 North American ski season and approximately 57% and 43%, respectively, for the 2023/2024 North American ski season. Skier visitation at our regional ski areas is largely comprised of Local guests. Destination guests generally utilize more ancillary services such as ski school, dining and retail/rental, as well as lodging proximate to our mountain resorts. Additionally, Destination guest visitation is less likely to be impacted by changes in the weather during the current season, but may be more impacted by adverse economic conditions, the global geopolitical climate, travel disruptions or weather conditions in the immediately preceding ski season. Local guests tend to be more value-oriented and weather-sensitive.
We offer a variety of pass products for all of our Resorts, marketed toward both Destination and Local guests. Our pass product offerings range from providing access to one or a combination of our Resorts for a certain number of days to our Epic Pass, which allows pass holders unlimited and unrestricted access to all of our Resorts. The Epic Day Pass is a customizable one to seven day pass product purchased in advance of the season, for those skiers and riders who expect to ski a certain number of days during the season, and which is available in three tiers of resort access offerings. Our pass products provide a compelling value proposition to our guests, which in turn assists us in developing a loyal base of customers who commit to ski at our Resorts generally in advance of the ski season and typically ski more days each season at our Resorts than those guests who do not buy pass products. In addition, our pass program attracts new guests to our Resorts. We enter into strategic long-term pass alliance agreements with third-party mountain resorts, which further increases the value proposition of our pass products. For the 2026/2027 ski season, our pass alliances include Telluride Ski Resort in Colorado, Hakuba Valley and Rusutsu Resort in Japan, Resorts of the Canadian Rockies in Canada, Les 3 Vallées in France, Disentis Ski Area and Verbier 4 Vallées in Switzerland, Skirama Dolomiti in Italy and Ski Arlberg, Saalbach and Zell am See-Kaprun, Zillertal, Sölden and Silvretta Montafon in Austria. Our pass program drives strong customer loyalty, helps to mitigate exposure to more weather sensitive guests, generates additional ancillary spending and provides cash flow in advance of winter season operations. Our pass products, including the Epic Pass and Epic Day Pass, are predominately sold prior to the start of the ski season. Pass product revenue, although primarily collected prior to the ski season, is recognized in our Consolidated Statements of Operations throughout the ski season on a straight-line basis using the number of skiable days of the season-to-date period relative to the total estimated number of skiable days of the season.
Lift revenue consists of pass product lift revenue (“pass revenue”) and paid lift ticket revenue (“paid lift revenue”). Approximately 70%, 65% and 65% of total lift revenue was derived from pass revenue for Fiscal 2026, Fiscal 2025 and Fiscal 2024, respectively.
The cost structure of our mountain resort operations has a significant fixed component with variable expenses including, but not limited to, land use permit or lease fees, credit card fees, retail/rental cost of sales and labor, ski school labor, dining labor and cost of goods sold; as such, profit margins can fluctuate greatly based on the level of revenues.
Lodging Segment
Operations within the Lodging segment include: (i) ownership/management of a group of luxury hotels through the RockResorts brand proximate to our Colorado and Utah mountain resorts; (ii) ownership/management of non-RockResorts branded hotels and condominiums proximate to our North American Resorts; (iii) National Park Service (“NPS”) concessioner properties, including the Grand Teton Lodge Company (“GTLC”); (iv) a Colorado resort ground transportation company; and (v) mountain resort golf courses.
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The performance of our lodging properties (including managed condominium rooms) proximate to our Resorts, and our Colorado resort ground transportation company, are closely aligned with the performance of the Mountain segment and generally experience similar seasonal trends, particularly with respect to visitation by Destination guests. Revenues from such properties represented approximately 63%, 66% and 68% of Lodging segment net revenue (excluding Lodging segment revenue associated with the reimbursement of payroll costs) for Fiscal 2026, Fiscal 2025 and Fiscal 2024, respectively. Management primarily focuses on Lodging net revenue excluding payroll cost reimbursements and Lodging operating expense excluding reimbursed payroll costs (which are not measures of financial performance under GAAP) as the reimbursements are made based upon the costs incurred with no added margin and as such, the revenue and corresponding expense do not affect our Lodging Reported EBITDA, which we use to evaluate Lodging segment performance. Revenue of the Lodging segment during our first and fourth fiscal quarters is generated primarily by the operations of our NPS concessioner properties (as their peak operating season generally occurs during the months of June to October), as well as golf operations and seasonally low operations from our other owned and managed properties and businesses.
Real Estate Segment
The principal activities of our Real Estate segment include the sale of land parcels to third-party developers and planning for future real estate development projects, including zoning and acquisition of applicable permits. We continue undertaking preliminary planning a
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