Originally Posted by
212man
Of course, I understand your points and sentiment entirely, but IMC is defined by visibility and distance from cloud. Not by visual references and cues. So, as Megan says about Mt Erebus, you can be VMC and still fly into the ground in Whiteout.
You're quite correct - I've just looked up the definitions and i thought that there was a precursor to the minima that stated that sufficient external visual cues were required then laid down the minima.
But there is not.
I must be getting old!
OH