Dean Higgins, 60, managed to dig himself and his wife, Wendy, out after the avalanche struck on
Tuesday.
Julie Mahony, a family friend, says the couple took about eight hours to get to the bottom of the mountain where Mr Higgins died.
Chinese state media says three Tibetans also died and have described the mountain tour as "an illegal one" organised by a Tibetan tourist agency.
More than 150 people were rescued after being stranded by the avalanche. Of those people, 86 were at the Everest base camp on the Chinese side of the mountain.
Ms Mahony says she has spoken to Ms Higgins about her ordeal.
"They were under the snow for about six hours and Dean dug them out of the snow," she said.
"They had to get down the mountain to safety and that took approximately eight hours. We're not exactly sure what happened but he was alive until they got down the bottom."
The Department of Foreign Affairs says consular officials from the Australian Embassy in Beijing have been in contact with Ms Higgins.
The couple operated a Mortgage Choice franchise at Glenelg and were on an adventure holiday in Tibet.
A work colleague has told the ABC that Ms Higgins is physically fine after the ordeal.
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