Two men have been rescued three days after their vehicle became trapped in snow in rural Victoria.
"Everyone is safe and on their way back," the State Emergency Services tweeted at 8.30pm on Tuesday.
The pair had been stuck in their vehicles in rough terrain near Moroka in East Gippsland since Saturday.
"They have enough food and provisions but they did the right thing by calling us," a SES spokesman said earlier on Tuesday.
It took several hours for a team of eight rescue volunteers to reach the men in the Alpine National Park on Tuesday.
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The volunteers travelled to Moroka from Maffra, Warragul and Sale.
Victorian police are warning people to take care in the outdoors as severe weather continues for much of the state.
Two hikers needed to be rescued on Friday after they became disorientated on Staircase Spur at Mount Bogong.
People are continuing to "chance their luck" in environments that could change in an instant with potentially fatal consequences, Emergency Services Management Inspector Paul Hargreaves said.
"Our people are entering these environments to rescue people who should have heeded the current warnings and considered the risks," he said.
Fresh snow has been plentiful in the first days of spring with falls down as low as 300m and alpine resorts getting top-ups of between 10cm and 30cm, a Bureau of Meteorology forecaster said.
"It's not what I would call a huge dump, but it's certainly been a steady snow for the past few days, particularly out in the Great Dividing Range," senior forecaster Richard Carlyon told AAP.
Severe weather warnings remain in place for most of the state, with thunderstorms and damaging winds of between 50 and 60km/h, and gusts of up to 100 km/h, forecast along the Gippsland coast.
Damaging winds are also predicted for back country alpine areas.
Areas most likely to be affected by damaging winds include Portland, Warnambool, Colac, Wonthagi and Alpine resorts.
A marine gale warning is also in place for Western Port, the west and central coast, and the central and east Gippsland coast.
