Time for Some Vert

Time for Some Vert by Everwild Collective

Backstory: Sometimes you just gotta go up. This is that feeling – when the only thing that makes sense is gaining vert. This song came from that deeper pull, the kind that isn’t about achievement, but about alignment. Going higher to feel more like yourself. It’s about choosing effort, choosing presence, and choosing connection with the mountains, with your people, and with something inside you that shows up on the climb.

Lyrics:

There’s a song that the skyline sings
The mountain’s callin’ you up through the trees
The trail brings you up where the wild ones play
Hope packs light, so you’re on your way

Sun on your face and a grin to match
Sky’s got a door and you found the latch
If your chest gets light when the ground drops away
That’s the mountain smilin’, sayin’, “Hey”

You don’t gotta rush, you don’t gotta prove
Just follow the rise through the mountain’s groove

It’s time for some vert, yeah it’s time
Time to trade the noise for a little more sky
Doesn’t matter how – skis, rope, or dirt
If your heart’s feelin’ low, it’s time for some vert

Time for some vert, laugh on the way
Every switchback’s a game the mountain wants to play
You don’t need a reason, nothin’ to assert
If you’re feelin’ that pull
It’s time for some vert
Time for some vert
Time for some vert

Some folks chase fortune, some chase titles
We just follow where the trails get higher
Mountain lessons, steady breath
Learnin’ when to push and when to rest

You can hike it slow, you can climb it clean
You can skin through snow or scramble between
It’s not what’s behind that sets us free
It’s the climb ahead where we’re meant to be

If the path is rocky, you’re doin’ it right
Mountains don’t move along in straight lines

It’s time for some vert — just look around
Every step up shakes somethin’ loose you’ve been holdin’ down
Take in the view, connect with the earth
If your spirits are blue, it’s time for some vert

Yeah the air’s thin, but it sets you free
We’re climbin’ within, not just gravity
No finish tape, no final line
Just higher ground, and time to climb
Time for some vert
Time for some vert

Up is callin’ – it’s just more true
Less of the crowd, and more of you
Funny how the higher you roam
The more it feels like home
Forget what’s gone, don’t look below
The good stuff’s higher, so up we go

It’s time for some vert, sing it out
Hearts in the air, up in the clouds
Hike, climb, or earn your turns
If it lifts your soul
That’s the vert

Time for some vert, stay a while
High‑fives at the top, dust on your smile
You don’t need permission, nothin’ to assert
If the mountain’s callin’
It’s time for some vert
Time for some vert
Time for some vert

Yeah, up here, the noise gets quiet and small
Turns out the climb was the point of it all

Oh, it’s time for some vert
Time for some vert
Time for some vert
Time for some vert