Straja resort is an Eastern European ski and snowboarding resort, situated at an elevation of 1,440 m (4,720 ft) in the Vâlcan Mountains of the Southern Carpathians, in the Jiu Valley region of Hunedoara County, Romania.
Access to the resort can be made from Lupeni (a small mining town), on a 8 km (5.0 mi) long paved mountain road or by a gondola.
Five of them also benefit from a nocturnal facility, making it possible to use the slopes until late at night.
Since 2001, a brown bear named Baloo has been on display at the ski resort despite a poorly enforced 2005 ban by the Romanian government prohibiting private individuals from owning bears.
[1] Baloo, who lives in a small rusty cage without enrichment, is said to be given alcohol to drink along with an insufficient diet.