I am still amazed that people don't use the performance of a flying-machine to climb above inclement weather.
Not quite sure how that is to be achieved if the icing level is below MSA.
(I didn't go outside the circuit that day because the forecast icing level down here was only about 1,000' above MSA and I wasn't comfortable with that. Someone who understands met a lot better than me might have come to a different decision.)