VFR IN IMC.

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ACFT WAS DISPATCHED TO THE TOWN OF 'A' TO PICK UP A MEDICAL PATIENT. UPON DEP; WX WAS 8000 FT OVCST AND 20 MI VISIBILITY. IT WAS RPTED BY THE AMBULANCE SVC THAT 'A' HAD SOME PATCHY FOG BUT THE LNDG AREA WAS CLR. THE MEDICAL TEAM INFORMED ME THAT HWY 2 WOULD TAKE ME DIRECTLY TO THE LNDG ZONE. AS I FOLLOWED HWY 2 AT APPROX 1000 FT AGL; MR X INFORMED ME THAT SOMEWHERE IN OUR VICINITY THAT THIS HWY HAD HIGH TENSION WIRES STRETCHED ACROSS THE ROADWAY. AT APPROX 9 NM N OF 'B'; I FOLLOWED A CURVE IN THE ROADWAY BTWN 2 PEAKS THAT WERE ABOUT 200 FT ABOVE MY PRESENT ALT. AS I ROUNDED THE CURVE; I ENCOUNTERED A SOLID WALL OF FOG/CLOUDS AND WENT INADVERTENT IMC. WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THERE WERE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH TENSION WIRES BELOW; AN INCREASE IN ALT WAS OBVIOUSLY THE SAFEST DECISION. PRIOR TO THE FLT I CONSULTED THE SECTIONAL AND THE HIGHEST PEAK IN MY AREA WAS 5300 FT. I CLBED STRAIGHT AHEAD TO 6500 FT AND MADE A TURN BACK TO THE S. WITH THE ACFT STABILIZED AND A SAFE ALT OBTAINED; I CONTACTED APCH CTL; PROGRAMMED THE GPS FOR HOSPITAL 'Y'; AND THEN CONTACTED DISPATCH. I KNEW FROM MY DEP THAT THE WX IN THE AREA WAS 8000 FT OVCST AND AFTER APPROX 5 MINS I WAS BACK IN THE CLR. I ADVISED DISPATCH THAT WE COULD MEET THE AMBULANCE AT 'B' OR ANY AREA OF THEIR CHOOSING IN THIS AREA OR S. DISPATCH ADVISED TO RETURN TO BASE TO HOSPITAL 'Y.'