Like you, Blade, I only know from my own experience skiing, and agree with you about those tints in low light situations.
Alot of the chaps that I shoot with use yellow lenses in all light conditions: I myself can't get on with tinted lenses for shooting. I now use a standard Rayban G15 or a Randolph grey lens for flying. I have also used the Randolph brown lens, but as I now fly an EFIS cockpit, I have found it washes the EFIS dispalys out too much: it is very good in slight overcast for seeing out of the windows, and was excellent in the desert. I think you just have to try stuff and see what works for you.