Fog puts a damper on a hiking trip, but when you're out in the wild, when nature gives you lemons, you just have to do the outdoorsman equivalent of hooking jumper cables to them to power little light bulbs with the citric acid. The danger of fog depends on what the precipitation level is, what the risks of avalanche are, what elevation you're at, how skinny the trail is and what the severity of the incline is. Ask yourself and your hiking partners how they feel about the situation. Low visibility requires greater vigilance to deal with.
Trying to get weather reports before you get moving can be really helpful. Ask park rangers or other trail authorities about potential problem spots on the trails. Ask them how many avalanches they have every year. Practice sound discipline in your party to ensure that communications and observations can travel quickly and be absorbed instantly in case of a problem suddenly pops up. If you don't have something to stabilize yourself, pick up a stick and use it even if you're not entirely accustomed to it.
If you're doing a lot of off-trail hiking, your compass skills had better be very solid if you want to avoid tromping about in massive circles. Heed low visibility warnings, but don't start shaking in your boots. Generally speaking, it's a bad idea to start going down an unmarked downslope when you have a lot of fog. Falling off a cliff can be painful, as can encountering just a sharp incline. Shuffle sideways down any steep slope to control the speed and momentum of your descent. As long as it's controlled, it doesn't have to be extremely slow, as generally when fog rolls in it's better to be at lower elevation.
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