We used to depart out of airports in the Sierra's in CA, VFR, climb up to as high as 11,500' msl and perhaps enter the clouds (staying above the grid MORA), contact ATC (Oakland Center), get our clearance, and then climb into class E airspace above 12,000' msl.
So with that said, would you depart out of the same airport if vis was 0-0?
I'm just trying to understand this for general knowlege more then anything. I personally wouldn't feel comfortable departing out of an airport that was 0-0 in moutians area (ex: sierras) unless I was in an f-22 that could shoot strait up to fl 180 or something... hahaha. But seriously, I gather that its leagal to depart out of airports in Class G with 0-0 and no DP (I guess there wouldnt be a dp in any class G) under IFR as long as you maintain terrerain seperation (duh). If you want to enter class E, you would have to have prior clerance. Is my thinking inline with the LEGAL portion of the regs?