Victorian boy buried by snow an 'angel'

A boy who died in Victoria's snowfields after being buried by snow has been remembered as "an angel".

Family friend Atif Mirza, whose son Zain went to school with seven-year-old Haadi Akhtar, said the family was devastated at their loss.

"He was such an angel," Mr Mirza told AAP.

"He was a lovely, lovely kid.

"He was very intelligent and smart."

Mr Mirza said the family of mum, dad, and three children from Roxburgh Park had visited Mt Buller snowfields on Tuesday and were due to return on Friday.

Haadi was playing with his siblings but wandered off.

He was found buried by snow which came loose from his lodge, hiding him from his family.

He was found completely buried in snow and pulled unconscious about 6.30pm (AEST) on Wednesday near a chalet, nearly two hours after he went missing.

The boy was found just 40 metres from his siblings after wandering off while they were playing in the snow.

Mr Mirza said it wasn't the Roxburgh Park family's first time in the snow.

"The kids were so excited and pushing their parents to take them to the snow," he said.

"They are going through a pretty tough time, both mum and dad.

"It was a terrible thing to experience.

"It was very, very unexpected and unimaginable.

Mr Mirza said Haadi and his four year old brother had built a snowman and they were playing in the snow when Haadi wandered off a short distance.

The family initially thought someone had taken him.

"Their first thinking was someone might have kidnapped him," he said.

"They didn't realise he could have been buried very close to where they were."

The boy was taken to Mt Buller Medical Centre but later died from cardiac arrest after doctors spent "significant time" trying to revive him, Ambulance Victoria said.

Haadi's funeral will be held on Friday.