Originally Posted by
RatherBeFlying
Perhaps you could have stayed on the good side of the spur ridge and turned back on course when over lower ground.
Good point, it would have given me better safety margin with an additonal 100-200 feet clearence.
Overflying the cumulus can also work if you know the clouds thin out over lower ground.
This actually crossed my mind briefly, but I didn't know what was waiting on the other side, and I was afraid of getting stuck above the clouds. Of course later I realized the clouds were generated by the updraft on the upwind side, so subsequently fewer clouds were on the other side. Next time I'll be wiser
