Remember kids, alcohol and snow don't mix..

Naked walker survives snow fall

A MAN is lucky to be alive after a late night stroll followed by a roll in Victoria's alpine region during the early hours of yesterday morning.

Police and ambulance crews were notified around 12.30am after a 21-year-old man from Oakleigh slid approximately 80 metres down a frozen embankment before colliding with trees.

The man was recovered by friends and was treated at the scene.

He sustained a varying degree of abrasions to most of his body as well as second degree hypothermia.

It is believed the man had been walking naked from the rear of Shamrod Lodge in Gallows Court, Hotham Heights.

Leading Senior Constable Ray Kinder from Bright police was surprised and said the man was lucky to be alive.

"It's pretty foolish and another reminder that snow and alcohol don't mix," he said.

It is not known why the man went for a drunken wander in near freezing conditions and was fortunate that he did not have to wait longer to be rescued.

"The alarming thing is, that a young girl died sliding down the exact same embankment some years ago," he said.