Hill Hiker® Outdoor Elevators & Lifts
Hill Hiker, Inc. offers high-quality custom residential and commercial outdoor elevator systems to meet whatever your needs may be. Our outside elevators 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 inclined elevator system and customize it specifically for your project needs and aesthetic preferences.
What Are Outdoor Elevators?
It’s just a different way to refer to what we commonly call a funicular, inclined lift or hillside tram. Hill Hiker® systems fall under the National Elevator Safety Code where they are called inclined elevators but many people also use terms like exterior elevator, outside lift or outdoor residential elevator.
Whatever you call them, Hill Hiker, Inc. specializes solely in the manufacture and installation of these outside, inclined, cable-driven elevator / lift systems. Each Hill Hiker ® lift system is custom designed for your individual needs and can be installed almost anywhere worldwide.
Incline Lift – Outdoor Elevator – Hillside Tram – Funicular
Access Solutions
Hill Hiker, Inc. has experience working all over the US and much of the World bringing our award winning outside elevator systems to many different types of owners for many different types of projects.
- Access to lakes, rivers, oceans, garages, pools, gardens, homes, resorts, state parks, golf courses, churches, schools, utility plants, etc.
- Meets or exceeds national and local elevator safety and building codes with ADA Handicap approved options
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 outdoor elevator tram & lift 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.
Custom Design
Every Hill Hiker® Outdoor Elevator Lift 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.


Engineered for Excellence
Hill Hiker® Outdoor Elevator Trams 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 ® Outdoor Elevator 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.
Comprehensive Process
There is a lot that goes into an residential or commercial outdoor lift & tram systems 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.


Made in USA
Hill Hiker, Inc. is a fully licensed and insured outdoor elevator manufacturer / supplier and installer. Manufacturing all of our products in Minnesota, USA and serving the world since 1997.