diff --git a/sqlglot/dialects/dialect.py b/sqlglot/dialects/dialect.py
index 8442328407..adbdd62781 100644
--- a/sqlglot/dialects/dialect.py
+++ b/sqlglot/dialects/dialect.py
@@ -305,7 +305,10 @@ def get_start_end(token_type: TokenType) -> tuple[str | None, str | None]:
                 **klass.UNESCAPED_SEQUENCES,
             }
 
-        klass.ESCAPED_SEQUENCES = {v: k for k, v in klass.UNESCAPED_SEQUENCES.items()}
+        klass.ESCAPED_SEQUENCES = {
+            # The filter is necessary because of `\\a -> a` in Snowflake; we can't replace `a` with `\a`.
+            v: k for k, v in klass.UNESCAPED_SEQUENCES.items() if not v.isprintable() or v == "\\"
+        }
 
         klass.SUPPORTS_COLUMN_JOIN_MARKS = "(+)" in klass.tokenizer_class.KEYWORDS
 
diff --git a/sqlglot/dialects/snowflake.py b/sqlglot/dialects/snowflake.py
index 1006858931..dd49a3a7be 100644
--- a/sqlglot/dialects/snowflake.py
+++ b/sqlglot/dialects/snowflake.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 class Snowflake(Dialect):
     # https://docs.snowflake.com/en/sql-reference/identifiers-syntax
     NORMALIZATION_STRATEGY = NormalizationStrategy.UPPERCASE
+    # https://docs.snowflake.com/en/sql-reference/data-types-text#escape-sequences
+    UNESCAPED_SEQUENCES = {"\\a": "a", "\\v": "v"}
     NULL_ORDERING = "nulls_are_large"
     TIME_FORMAT = "'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS'"
     SUPPORTS_USER_DEFINED_TYPES = False