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Photos: Vulcan Victory Torchlight Parade caps off 2024 St. Paul Winter Carnival

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Parade royalty wave at paradegoers during the Vulcan Victory Torchlight Parade on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. The parade is part of St. Paul's Winter Carnival. (Gabrielle Erenstein / Pioneer Press).

Parade royalty wave at paradegoers during the Vulcan Victory Torchlight Parade on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. The parade is part of St. Paul's Winter Carnival. (Gabrielle Erenstein / Pioneer Press).

A hot air balloon burner shoots fire into the air in downtown St. Paul during the Vulcan Victory Torchlight Parade on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. The parade hopes to bring summer back to the city of St. Paul. (Gabrielle Erenstein / Pioneer Press).

A hot air balloon burner shoots fire into the air in downtown St. Paul during the Vulcan Victory Torchlight Parade on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. The parade hopes to bring summer back to the city of St. Paul. (Gabrielle Erenstein / Pioneer Press).

Royalty from Robbinsdale waves to paradegoers at the Vulcan Victory Torchlight Parade, part of St. Paul's Winter Carnival on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. The parade is held in hopes to bring summer back to the city of St. Paul. (Gabrielle Erenstein/Pioneer Press).

Royalty from Robbinsdale waves to paradegoers at the Vulcan Victory Torchlight Parade, part of St. Paul's Winter Carnival on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. The parade is held in hopes to bring summer back to the city of St. Paul. (Gabrielle Erenstein/Pioneer Press).

Vulcan Victory Torchlight Parade royalty wave to the paradegoers on Fifth Street in downtown St. Paul on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. The parade is part of the St. Paul Winter Carnival. (Gabrielle Erenstein / Pioneer Press).

Vulcan Victory Torchlight Parade royalty wave to the paradegoers on Fifth Street in downtown St. Paul on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. The parade is part of the St. Paul Winter Carnival. (Gabrielle Erenstein / Pioneer Press).

Royalty from Farmington wave at paradegoers during the Vulcan Victory Torchlight Parade in St. Paul on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. The parade is part of St. Paul's Winter Carnival. (Gabrielle Erenstein / Pioneer Press).

Royalty from Farmington wave at paradegoers during the Vulcan Victory Torchlight Parade in St. Paul on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. The parade is part of St. Paul's Winter Carnival. (Gabrielle Erenstein / Pioneer Press).

Royalty from Robbinsdale waves to paradegoers at the Vulcan Victory Torchlight Parade, part of St. Paul's Winter Carnival on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. The parade is held in hopes to bring summer back to the city of St. Paul. (Gabrielle Erenstein/Pioneer Press).

A car passenger records the Sleigh Belle Dancers as they perform during the Vulcan Victory Torchlight Parade in St. Paul on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. The parade is part of St. Paul's Winter Carnival. (Gabrielle Erenstein/Pioneer Press).

Gabrielle Erenstein portrait.
By | gerenstein@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer Press

King Boreas never had a chance given this winter’s unseasonably warm weather. Not one day of the 2024 Winter Carnival’s 10-day run saw a high temperature that was below freezing.

The signature ice carvings and snow sculptures quickly melted, and St. Paul last week closed all of its outdoor ice rinks, saying they were unlikely to reopen this winter, which, so far, is the warmest on record in the Twin Cities.

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