Indeed, as my mentor predicted, the fog was very local, and picking through it slowly was no problem - he had local knowledge, and that made all the difference! Despite looking very intimidating, I never lost sight of the trees, never slowed to less than 50 knots, and never flew lower than 300 feet above the trees.
Step, those are indeed impressive images, but in fairness you are in a helicopter. Can I highlight that in line with Maoraigh1, I do not think this particular crash, which prompted the OP, was a scud running incident. I feel something went wrong at a higher altitude.
Now, this very public accident,
Victims identified in fatal Cantwell plane crash, pilot posted viral video weeks ago | Alaska Dispatch News,
was. Dale Hemman, was a highly experienced, and very knowledgeable guy in Alaska Tours, until he decided to take a troupe of Bonanza flyers, Scud Running. His luck ran out