Made my trip, didn’t take my pistol. Changed my mind about it. Worked out fine. I did encounter a black bear on a trail on our way back to the trail head. We kept yelling at it and it walked ahead of us to the parking lot. Saw lots of wildlife. Big horn sheep were plentiful. Saw a grizzly and a bull and cow moose. Bull was only about 20 yards away. Good trip all and all.