A male snowboarder has died at Perisher Ski Resort in NSW’s Snowy Mountains.

Police found the body around 11.30pm on Wednesday, less than an hour after his employer contacted police after the man failed to show up for work.

NSW Police say he had gone snowboarding earlier in the day and failed to return.

The body is yet to be formally identified.

A post mortem examination will be conducted to determine exactly how he died.

Initial investigations are looking into whether the man fell while snowboarding.

Perisher resort says the community is shocked by the death of the man, who was a Perisher staff member.

“It’s obviously a very sad day for his family and the entire Perisher community; our condolences go out to the young man’s family and friends during this difficult time,” Perisher CEO Peter Brulisauer said in a statement on Thursday.

It’s the second death at an eastern Australian snow resort in the past week.

A seven-year-old boy, Haadi Akhtar, died after being buried by snow that came loose from his lodge at Mt Buller in Victoria.

He was found nearly two hours after he went missing, just 40 metres from where he was last seen.

After a slow start to the season, Australian snowfields have received a massive dumping of snow since last weekend.

Blizzards last week dumped 80cm of snow in 24 hours in some parts of the Snowy Mountains.

The current forecast for NSW is not as extreme.

Perisher is expected to receive 16cm of snow over the next week.