Two women found dead near Victoria’s highest peak froze to death when the alpine region experienced blizzard-like conditions earlier in the week, police say.

Police are still working to identify the women after retrieving their bodies from Mount Bogong, north-east of Falls Creek, around 10.30am on Saturday.

The bodies of the women, aged in their 20s and 30s, were discovered near a hut by two hikers around 1pm on Friday, sparking a police operation involving more than a dozen police and SES volunteers.

Emergency services camped near the bodies at Lendenfeld Point on Friday night after dangerous weather conditions prevented them from flying the helicopter to the area on Friday.

The area is an open plain and footage from the police Air Wing shows police surrounded by patches of snow from

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