Moment panda cub experiences snow for the first time captured on video

This is the adorable moment a baby panda experienced snow for the first time.

Zookeepers at Washington DC zoo have released the footage of 16-month-old Bao Bao rolling down a snow-topped hill.

The panda bear can then be seen clambering up trees before joining her mum Mei Xiang.

She has proved a hit online with the clip receiving more than 400,000 views in less than a day.

A message posted with the video said: “As the year’s first blanket of snow coated the Washington, DC area today, giant panda Bao Bao spent much of the morning playing in it for the very first time.

"The sixteen month-old panda cub tumbled down the hill in her outdoor enclosure, climbed trees and pounced on her mother Mei Xiang. Our great cats, seals and wolves also enjoyed the wintry weather.”

Bao Bao, which means treasure or precious in Mandarin, is the second cub to survive birth at the zoo since 1972.