Originally Posted By Gershon
I'm from Colorado, and you are the first person I ever met that said there were any downhill stretches on the trails.


Hahaha! There are downhills in Colorado the same way there are 300 sunny days a year.

I second Gershon's suggestions. Hiking poles (if you don't already use them), lightening the pack, and perhaps a shoe that isn't necessarily a wide, but something wider in the toebox, like a KEEN.

Good luck, I hope you figure it out!