Showing posts with label mazatlan-durango highway. Show all posts
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Thursday, April 9, 2015

"Cabalgarán" hoy hacia el Puente Baluarte en la Semana de la Moto

Fernando Velasco
noroeste.com
09-04-2015
Fotografía: Noroeste.
 
MAZATLÁN._ La fiesta de los motociclistas ya comenzó y las expectativas son altas: superar los números que se presentaron el año pasado, crecer el evento y mantener el gusto de los "bikers" a nivel nacional e internacional por la Semana Internacional de la Moto.

Y para ello hoy se montarán en sus "bestias" de acero para conquistar el Puente Baluarte, enclavado en esa ruta panorámica construida para mirar desde las montañas el Océano Pacífico.

Roberto Castañeda García, organizador del evento, manifestó que con el registro de motociclistas ayer, la afluencia muestra un panorama optimista del evento.

"Los números han sido optimistas, y la recepción ha sido buena, esperamos superarnos año con año y crecer este evento que se ha consolidado en el gusto de motociclistas del País, Estados Unidos y Canadá", dijo.

La expectativa se mantiene en 20 mil motociclistas registrados para el evento, cantidad que superaría a los 16 mil de 2014, aseguró el también integrante de Moto Club Mazatlán.

"Seguimos esperando a 20 mil motociclistas, lo podemos lograr y vamos a superar los números y a cambiar la dinámica para que quienes ya vinieron repitan y siempre vean algo diferente", añadió.

El registro de participantes inició a las 10:00 horas y por la noche, en medio de la presentación de varios grupos de rock, así como la activación de concursos.

Para el recorrido hacia el Puente Baluarte está programado la asistencia del Gobernador de Sinaloa, Mario López Valdez.

$417.6 millones

Se esperan de

derrama económica

43,050

Turistas

20 mil

Motociclistas

100%

De ocupación hotelera

Monday, March 16, 2015

Snow on Durango Highway, Hail in Mazatlán

by Maureen Dietrich
16 Mar 15
mazmessenger.com

More snow fell yesterday on the highway making driving conditions hazardous.
More snow fell yesterday on the highway making driving conditions hazardous.


When it comes to weather, Mazatlecans have a saying: in February the weather is loco, in March it is un poco loco.

February this year offered no surprises, just the occasional rain that almost threatened some of Carnival 2015 events but held off until the fireworks and parades were over.
March, on the other hand, has come in like a lion.


For many in Mazatlán, this was the first time in their lives they had experienced hail.
For many in Mazatlán, this was the first time in their lives they had experienced hail.


On Friday last week, residents in north Mazatlán communities such as Missiones, Prado Bonito, El Venadillo, Valles del Ejido and Concordia watched as the unusual phenomenon of hail rained down from the sky onto patios and farm fields.

For many, this was the first time in their lives they had experienced hail.

Such was the case for María Avendaño of Colonia Felicidad who told reporters she was washing outdoors around seven in the morning when the “piedras de hielo” (stones of ice) fell on her head. She said she never thought she would see this in her lifetime, and it made her day.

The hail, a result of Winter Storm number 9, also brought sleet to the roads of the Mazatlán-Durango highway on Friday, but by Saturday it had turned to snow prompting the roads department to issue a caution alert for drivers to use extreme care on the autopista.

Wintery weather continued yesterday evening in Mazatlán when the cold front brought a short squall of strong winds and rain into the city.

For today the national meteorological service forecasts rain and cooler temperatures. (from Noroeste)