The wet weather that lashed southern Victoria overnight has also reached the high country, with Mount Buller, Falls Creek and Mount Hotham all reporting good snowfalls since the weekend.
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With the official start to the ski season still two months away, the snow continues to fall across Mount Buller today after temperatures fell below zero last night.
At 9.30am the temperature had climbed back to minus 0.2 degrees after plunging to minus 1.6 degrees. About 10 centimetres had fallen at Mount Buller by 9am.
"Early snow is always exciting to see and it gets everyone into thinking about the season ahead," said Laurie Blampied, general manager of Buller Ski Lifts.
He said that, although snow was not unusual for April, 10 centimetres was a "significant amount for this time of year".
"It's still two months until the official opening of the snow season but we love to see the temperatures dropping and snow coming to the mountain."
The snow season will officially open on the Queen's Birthday long weekend - June 11.
Falls Creek and Mount Hotham also reported snow, but Terry Ryan of the weather bureau said it was likely to melt in coming days.
"The ground is still a bit too warm for it to last," he said.
"You really need it to fall in late May to early June for it to hang around. We'll get warmer days up there by late this week and it will melt the snow which has already fallen."
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