After being too warm to open and then being too cold, Great Bear Ski Valley welcomed in hundreds of people for their first full weekend of the season.

A skier in Romania had a lucky escape when he was chased by a brown bear down the slopes this week with onlookers saying the skier's quick thinking probably saved his life.

The yearling black bear cub, whose mother was reportedly not immediately spotted nearby, approached the man's board and sniffed around. It bit the snowboarder's glove before walking off. Advertisement ...