Hello,

I have wide feet and so bought a St. Elias 9E via my local REI store. I currently have about 30 miles on these boots along with some around the house yard work.

They initially were tight around my ankle bones but this has subsided. The main issue now are my toes. I can go about 4 miles before the tops of my toes start rubbing in a painful way. No blisters so far buy have been close to home. Currently using a thin REI hiking sock with/without poly liner. The liner seems to make it worse as well as a slightly thicker Smart Wool sock with the toe seam on top.

So will these ever break-in? Any way to speed up the process? Is the toe box just too small for me? I was hoping that these would be like my 20 year old Sundowners but no joy yet!

Thanks,
Steve