The Hotlum-Wintun glacier is a fine route imho. Far fewer folks than most other Shasta 'ski' routes.
A few years ago there was a note at the trailhead that read, "If anyone finds a lone tele boot attached to a binding and ski please call so and so at such and such number." WTF we thought and then proceeded to have a good laugh imagining the possible scenarios.
Turns out it was a Bay Area number. I relayed the tale to a buddy in SF who then read a post on The Well about someone who, on the same route, had indeed FOUND a lone tele boot attached to binding and ski.
Turns out someone replied to the post saying that they had lost their boot still attached to binding and ski. Don't remember the specifics but the gist was that said skier's boot was kind of loose on the climb due to comfort issues. Half way up the skier took a fall, off came the loose boot and down went 1/2 of their decent rig for a long ass ride. They gave up trying to find their gear and had to walk out with a tele boot on one foot and a teva on the other.
I'm not making this shit up!