No snakes, quite a few bears - mostly when driving some of the backroads, esp in Canada where we made a couple trips. I did run into a Griz in Revelstoke NP in Canada on the trail, he came from behind some spruces at a right angle and onto the trail I was on, gave me a look and went over and started digging some roots and stuff.....took my breath away. He was probably only 30-35 feet away when he made that first appearance. I had my bear spray on the very back of my back pack, I'll never do that again. I backed off real slow.....finally got my spray, but he was only interested in those roots and stuff.....fortunately.