Hill Hiker, Inc. offers high-quality custom residential and commercial funicular systems to meet whatever your needs may be. Our systems increase the accessibility of your property by providing a way for friends and family to travel up and down steep inclines and other difficult-to-reach parts of your property with ease.
Design| Manufacture | Install | Service
We use our years of industry knowledge and experience to help provide you with a quality funicular system and customize it specifically for your project needs and aesthetic preferences.
What is a funicular?
A funicular is a form of a cable railway in which a cable is attached to a pair of tram-like vehicles on rails that move up and down a steep slope; the ascending and descending vehicles counterbalance each other. A Hill Hiker ® lift system is like a funicular but has only one tram-like vehicle.
People refer to our Hill Hiker ® systems in many different ways but whatever you call it we have a custom system for your individual needs.
What's in a name?
There are many different ways to refer to Hill Hiker® Inclined Funicular Lifts. Terms such as “small funicular,” “private funicular,” “home funicular,” “personal funicular,” “cottage funicular,” “funicular tram,” or even an “outdoor elevator,” “hillside tram,” “incline elevator,” or “inclined lift” can all be used to describe what we proudly sell, build, install and service here at Hill Hiker, Inc.
Hillside Solutions
Hill Hiker, Inc. has experience working all over the US and much of the World bringing our award winning funicular lift systems to many different types of owners for many different types of projects.
- Access to lakes, rivers, oceans, garages, pools, gardens, homes, golf courses, resorts, state parks, churches, schools, utility plants, etc.
- Meets or exceeds national and local elevator safety and building codes with ADA Handicap approved options available
Award Winning
The team at Hill Hiker, Inc. is both humbled and excited to announce that it has won its third Elevator World Project of the Year Award in a row for one of it’s funicular tram systems.
Elevator World, the primer vertical transportation & elevator industry publication, has been running the Project of the Year competition for 27 years. Submissions are sent in from all over the world to determine the winners of this highly anticipated and most prestigious industry award of the year.
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Custom Design
Every Hill Hiker® Funicular Tram is custom designed based on your specific site conditions, local building codes, application type, capacity needs, aesthetic preferences and additional desired options.
With the most customizable options on the market we put our clients first.
EXPLORE OPTIONS
Engineered for Excellence
Hill Hiker® Inclined Funicular Elevator Systems are engineered to meet or exceed the strictest structural and elevator safety standards and building codes in North America (ASME A17.1).
By choosing a Hill Hiker ® funicular lift, you can expect to receive the high level of safety, reliability, quality and craftsmanship that Hill Hiker, Inc. has become known for since being founded over 28 years ago.
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Complete Process
There is a lot that goes into an private or commercial funicular system from design and planning; to permitting and engineering; to manufacturing and shipping; to installation and inspection; to service and maintenance.
With the experience of over 600 systems installed, Hill Hiker, Inc. is here to guide you every step of the way.
PROJECT PROCESS
Made in USA
Hill Hiker, Inc. is a fully licensed and insured funicular manufacturer / supplier and installer. Manufacturing all of our products in Minnesota, USA and serving the world since 1997.
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