I've done some riding in the NE and know those conditions. Something about how fluorescent the pink is makes things worse than wearing nothing. It's like the pink makes the brighter lighted areas overwhelm the shadows. These are the Bolles I use. These are the non-polar phantom. They also make a photo-polar called the phantom+, which is what I'm skiing with. Going from dark to light patches is always a problem, as the photochromics don't transition immediately, so just a compromise situation at best. But the Phantoms do seem to always adjust within a minute to about right for the average light (aside from full sun where they're too bright - I will switch over to a green/gray lens for a long sunny section, which is usually a fire road climb where it doesn't matter)

Bolle, Julbo & Kaenon are only lesser known in the US because they're not part of the Luxottica marketing juggernaut. Unfortunately a lot of people overlook them, but they have some great lens tech as well. Oakley is a little heavy on the smoke & mirrors. But they have done some great lenses for sure. The current Prizm approach doesn't jive as well with my eyes as the older stuff - VR28, G30 etc. Most of the Prizms have tints that are sort of unnatural to me. I like nature to feel like nature, not a video game.