--- title: 2024 Summer Trailblazer Challenge description: Join the Summer Trailblazer Challenge to explore Sioux City's Metro trails, log your journey on GooseChase App, and win prizes. 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It’s time to embrace the great outdoors and explore Sioux City’s Metro trails. Walk, bike, or roll as you explore and blaze your own path along miles of scenic Metro trails.  Log your journey and celebrate each milestone with the GooseChase App, and earn points for each trail segment and landmark you visit along the way. More visits mean more chances to win in our end-of-summer raffle. Joining is easy and FREE!  Just download the GooseChase App and enter code 6XVB4K to start your adventure. ![](https://simpco.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Trailblazer-Flyer_2024-2.png?width=450&height=582&name=Trailblazer-Flyer_2024-2.png) ![avatar](https://simpco.org/hs-fs/hubfs/2024%20SIMPCO%20Site/Global/simpco-blog-author-logo.png?width=290&name=simpco-blog-author-logo.png) #### [SIMPCO](https://simpco.org/news/author/simpco) The Siouxland Interstate Metropolitan Planning Council, located in Sioux City, Iowa, is a council of governments serving the tri-state area of Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota. ## Related Posts [View all posts](https://simpco.org/news) ### [SIMPCO9/29/26, 12:58 PM\< 1 min read Plymouth County Wind Energy Facilities Tour Plymouth County Wind Energy Facilities Tour SIMPCO continues to research topics of interest for our member communities. ... 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