As Charles suggests, you can try to do both when possible. A couple years ago, we had a rare good snowfall here, and it promised to make one of the only truly good mountains out here into an adventure. I had been waiting years for something like this, but it coincided with my daughter's birthday. So I went out late the night before, slept in the car, got a really early start, and returned home by early afternoon.
You have to make your own judgments, of course. I would say that since soccer games and tournaments are frequent, it's okay to miss some as long as it doesn't become a habit. But you have to decide what the right balance is. My kids aren't quite old enough yet for me to be in your position, but my day will come.
Live and learn, come back to fight another day.
But the big stone isn't going anywhere, and she'll probably make it up that thing the next time she gets around to it.
