You could go with the 50 and a 24 for the small ring. This will allow for a tighter rear cassette if that's what you want.

Update. I kept the triple but when I replaced the chain, I got a 12-26 cassette instead of another 11-26. Can't wait to try it out...

the double is better IMO. It's lighter, if you count grams, it requires less width in your pedal motion, and having a triple is really unnecessary. I currently roll a triple with 52-42-30 in front and 12-26 in back. I rode from Vail to Breckenridge in the Colorado Rockies, which from Vail to the pass, is as steep as a climb can get, i never went to the small ring in front. If you legs dont have the power to turn the small ring in front on a double, then stick with a triple, otherwise it's useless.

Most of the climbs in the Colorado Rockies don't get worse than 5-6% which includes going over Vail Pass (mostly 2-4%)
https://mybicycleroutes.com/xvailinfopage.html. Tough climbs get 2-4X steeper.

You need to try a little to find truly steep routes. Try Magnolia road in Boulder which hits 12%. This year's Mike Horgan Hill Climb heads up that route, so if you want to have fun with partial road closures give it a try on July 2nd.

Mt Zoncolan in the Giro hits 22%

lol, you're a better man than me... I did a 50 miler this weekend on hills that were 3-5% grade, nothing too crazy (it's Texas so no mountains here), and I STILL needed the small gear on some of the longer and steeper climbs. Overall, I'm pretty happy with the new cassette because I felt more comfortable shifting between the middle gears because they're closer together.

Aw come on I'm sure people can come up with steeper climbs.

Against the traffic flow up 'the crookedest street in the world'
Lombard street in San Francisco.

Or say, Highland Scotland.. B862 the southern shore of Loch Ness from Ft Augustus ,
up towards Foyers, [where the water head-drop powered aluminum refining for the RAF in the early 40's]
small wonders the A82 is along the north shore gets most of the traffic..

fwiw, i'm not in love with my compact double for the reason the op has realized; i have to constantly shift up front whereas before i mostly kept it in the middle ring with an occasional drop to the granny for the biggest uphill climbs and quick trip to the big ring for downhills. I only went with a compact because i got hooked up with some free shifters and they were a double so going with a triple on that bike would have cost me $100 for a left shifter.