Rescue teams have found the body of a second snowboarder who disappeared at Mount Bogong in Victoria's high country at the weekend.

Search crews on Tuesday morning discovered the body of 33-year-old Martin Buckland about 60 metres uphill from his friend, Daniel Kerr.

Mr Kerr's body was found under more than four metres of snow about 500 metres from a camp at Michell Hut on Monday.

Inspector Dave Ryan from Victoria Police said Mr Buckland's body was found under about a metre-and-a-half of snow.

"It's a tragic end to what has been a long and protracted search and a lot of time of uncertainty for the family," he said.

"Everybody's really feeling for both families at the moment."

The bodies of Daniel Kerr (L) and Martin Buckland (R) were found at Mt Bogong. ( Supplied )

Inspector Ryan said it would be very difficult to get Mr Buckland's body off the mountain.

"It has to go up to the ridge line then back and out via Michell Hut," he said.

"It'll be a lot of brute strength and ropes to slide the sled back up to the top and then it will have to be carried out the top.

"We'll make a decision later in the day as to whether we complete that retrieval tonight or tomorrow."

Inspector Ryan said with two days of bad weather forecast they had some "critical decisions to make", and the safety of the searchers was "paramount in our minds at this stage".

He said the deaths should not deter people from enjoying the high country but they must be adequately prepared, by having appropriate communications links.

"Check in twice a day, at lunch and at end of day," he said.

"These are pretty simple methods of making sure we can be notified as soon as something goes wrong."

Mr Buckland's father-in-law Frank Ahern thanked people for their messages of support and also praised the efforts of the search teams.

"I've been up there and seen the sort of conditions that are up there and it's unbelievable," he said.

"So I just can't express enough how happy the family are with what the police have done and the compassion of the Mt Beauty police here has been sensational."