Rigid winter ss bikes are great. The ground’s softer now and that helps although wet roots need more care.
Pros – simple / no maintenance, better climbing on a ss, lighter.
Cons – less room for error, will be more tiring and slower on rocky / really lumpy terrain.
I agree with tom13, some steel forks are more fore-aft flexible than most carbon forks so may feel more forgiving. There’s something reassuring about steel forks too although I know that’s irrational.
Try some bars with 30 degrees or more of sweep if the rigid forks give you a beating, it’s a lot easier to control a rigid front with a bar this shape for some good ergonomic reason that I don’t quite get. Also get your weight as far back as feels naturally OK – you don’t need that long-fork-needs-weight-forward positon for climbing now and the further back you are the less shock you get, gets the weight off your hands and makes the front easier to lift too.