Milen Lazarov wrote in
:

You need 1 SM reported visibility at the airport. With no controlled
airspace down to the surface, you probably won't have that either, so
you won't be able to get clearance for a contact approach.

In both approaches, viz wasn't the problem so much as the 900 foot
ceilings.

Had the viz been bad, it wouldn't have even crossed my mind to request a
SVFR.

Allen