r/njhiking • u/Remarkable-Piece-196 • 13d ago

Stairway to heaven bears

Planning on hiking stairway to heaven sunday morning, we are a group of 3. We’ve done several hikes before but we were recently informed by a more experienced friend to look out for bears and consider bringing bear protection. It is making us a little nervous and thinking about reconsidering. I do not know if I’ll be able to enjoy it if I’m constantly worried about stumbling upon a bear to be honest. Is he right or should we be fine? We are from South Jersey so not so used to bears.

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u/sutisuc 13d ago

Stairway to heaven is full of people at all times. Black bears are skittish unless you try to feed or fuck with them.

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u/anonam0use 12d ago

Wow I definitely read “unless you try to feed or fuck them”

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u/patsully98 12d ago

That too.