it's not often I'd rather fly into a mountain than a cloud...
Very few if any pilots have flown into a mountain in daylight, without first having flown into a cloud.
If you're on mogas, you can't get a safe height. Several cfit AAIB reports refer to survivor reports of downdrafts pulling the aircraft down.
I stay low and watch the weather. Cloud at my level on a hill is a divert signal.