About us

About us

We were chasing adventure before we built it.

We were chasing adventure before we built it.

We were chasing adventure before we built it.

We were chasing adventure before we built it.

CLIMB Works started in 2005 building ropes courses and climbing walls — then commercial zipline tours as the sport took off in the U.S. We’ve engineered, built, and operated ever since: builder and operator in one.

Aerial view of forested mountain terrain
A wooden truss bridge spanning a path through a dense green forest

Nature is the experience

The best engineering disappears.

The best engineering disappears.

The best engineering disappears.

We begin with engineering, but the goal is for guests to notice the place, not the hardware. Everything we design is meant to sit quietly inside the environment rather than compete with it — sophisticated infrastructure, small ecological footprint.

The technology makes the experience possible. Nature makes it unforgettable.

How it gets built

One partner from concept to opening day and beyond.

One partner from concept to opening day and beyond.

One partner from concept to opening day and beyond.

One partner from concept to opening day and beyond.

A destination is only as good as its execution. We design and engineer it, fabricate the steel in-house, install and commission on site, train your team, and — where it fits — invest alongside you and help operate it. The same end-to-end capability we run across our own four-season destinations.

A destination is only as good as its execution. We design and engineer it, fabricate the steel in-house, install and commission on site, train your team, and — where it fits — invest alongside you and help operate it. The same end-to-end capability we run across our own four-season destinations.

Our story

Builders first — then operators.

Builders first — then operators.

Builders first — then operators.

Builders first — then operators.

CLIMB Works started in 2005 as a training and building company — installing ropes courses and climbing walls, and teaching others to run them safely. As commercial zipline tours took off across the U.S., we moved into engineering and building those too.

CLIMB Works started in 2005 as a training and building company — installing ropes courses and climbing walls, and teaching others to run them safely. As commercial zipline tours took off across the U.S., we moved into engineering and building those too.

In 2010 we opened our first zipline in the Great Smoky Mountains. We engineered and built zipline tours for clients on Maui, then opened our second operation in 2014 on the North Shore of Oahu. Operating what we build taught us which designs hold up on a busy Saturday and which ones cost you — so we kept engineering, kept fabricating, and kept running our own.

In 2010 we opened our first zipline in the Great Smoky Mountains. We engineered and built zipline tours for clients on Maui, then opened our second operation in 2014 on the North Shore of Oahu. Operating what we build taught us which designs hold up on a busy Saturday and which ones cost you — so we kept engineering, kept fabricating, and kept running our own.

Along the way, we helped co-found Anakeesta, the mountaintop destination in Gatlinburg — an early, full expression of the natural-destination hybrid we’d been refining: less commercialized than a theme park, more varied than a single attraction. CLIMB Works transitioned out of the venture in 2025.

Along the way, we helped co-found Anakeesta, the mountaintop destination in Gatlinburg — an early, full expression of the natural-destination hybrid we’d been refining: less commercialized than a theme park, more varied than a single attraction. CLIMB Works transitioned out of the venture in 2025.

Today CLIMB Works Design is an engineering company — one where operation is the feedback loop behind everything we build.

Guests moving through an elevated canopy experience

Two decades of building and running attractions — for clients and for ourselves.

One integrated group

Capabilities most firms have to outsource — under one roof.

Capabilities most firms have to outsource — under one roof.

Capabilities most firms have to outsource — under one roof.

Capabilities most firms have to outsource — under one roof.

CLIMB Works Design doesn’t work in isolation. It sits inside a group that spans engineering, fabrication, operations, safety, and software — so a project doesn’t get handed between vendors who’ve never met.

CLIMB Works Design doesn’t work in isolation. It sits inside a group that spans engineering, fabrication, operations, safety, and software — so a project doesn’t get handed between vendors who’ve never met.

Engineering & build

CLIMB Works Design

Designs and engineers the attractions and destinations.

Fabrication

In-house Fabrication

Builds proprietary steel systems in-house, to spec.

Operations

CLIMB Works

Owned parks where the systems run every day.

Climbworks ↗

Safety

Hackwell

Braking and safety technology, fabricated alongside the rides.

Hackwell ↗

Software

Singenuity

Booking and operations software built for the way parks run.

Singenuity ↗

EverZip powered trolley engineering render

From engineered drawing to fabricated steel in the same building.

Design · Engineer · Fabricate · Install · Operate

Engineered on paper, proven in steel.

Engineered on paper, proven in steel.

Engineered on paper, proven in steel.

Engineered on paper, proven in steel.

Because we fabricate in our own steel shop, engineering and manufacturing aren’t separated by a purchase order. Our team can move from analysis to a physical part and back, holding tolerances, materials, and finish to our own standard rather than a supplier’s.

Because we fabricate in our own steel shop, engineering and manufacturing aren’t separated by a purchase order. Our team can move from analysis to a physical part and back, holding tolerances, materials, and finish to our own standard rather than a supplier’s.

Then our field crews install and commission what we built. The people who understand the system on paper are connected to the people who put it in the ground — which is how quality survives the trip from concept to opening day.

Then our field crews install and commission what we built. The people who understand the system on paper are connected to the people who put it in the ground — which is how quality survives the trip from concept to opening day.

Proprietary technology

Systems you can’t buy from a catalog.

Systems you can’t buy from a catalog.

Systems you can’t buy from a catalog.

Systems you can’t buy from a catalog.

We don’t assemble attractions from off-the-shelf parts. Our signature systems are engineered from the ground up and refined over years of real operation.

We don’t assemble attractions from off-the-shelf parts. Our signature systems are engineered from the ground up and refined over years of real operation.

EverZip

EverZip

Our patent-pending cable-to-rail system — part zipline, part roller coaster — lets a ride cross ravines and forests on open cable, with a fraction of the structure a coaster demands — light on the land it crosses. It reached its current form across three generations of engineering.

Gen 01

Gravity

The original cable-to-rail concept, powered by gravity.

Gen 02

Dynamic tour

A full tour system with banked curves and transitions.

Gen 03

Powered trolley

Today’s motorized, patent-pending trolley with regenerative braking.

First cable-to-rail zipline coaster ever built — 2019, gravity-fed. Now the world’s first electric-motorized version, at Gore Mountain.

EverZip cable-to-rail installation

EverZip

Treepods

Treepods

TreePods applies the same in-house engineering to lodging — modular, monopole structures that create an elevated overnight experience on a compact footprint, with utilities routed through the column.

TreePods applies the same in-house engineering to lodging — modular, monopole structures that create an elevated overnight experience on a compact footprint, with utilities routed through the column.

A-frame TreePod cabin on a single column glowing at sunset, with seating and string lights below

TreePods

Operating pedigree

We run what we build.

We run what we build.

We run what we build.

We run what we build.

Our portfolio isn’t a slide deck — it’s destinations you can walk through. Our own attractions are the proving ground, where systems face real weather, real crowds, and real maintenance cycles before they’re ever specced for a client. The EverZip installs now taking shape at partner sites carry that same operating knowledge into the field.

Our portfolio isn’t a slide deck — it’s destinations you can walk through. Our own attractions are the proving ground, where systems face real weather, real crowds, and real maintenance cycles before they’re ever specced for a client. The EverZip installs now taking shape at partner sites carry that same operating knowledge into the field.

2005

2005

Building & training since

2019

2019

First cable-to-rail coaster ever built

1st

1st

Electric cable-to-rail coaster, Gore Mtn

10,000s

10,000s

Five-star guest reviews

Forested destination terrain

CLIMB Works Smokies — Adventure Forest

Canopy suspension walk

Canopy experiences across owned parks

TreePods lodging

TreePods lodging in operation

Tens of thousands of five-star reviews

Tens of thousands of five-star reviews

Across CLIMB Works destinations — one of the most-reviewed adventure operations in the country.

Our full portfolio

How we engineer

Principles that hold up in the field.

Principles that hold up in the field.

Principles that hold up in the field.

Principles that hold up in the field.

01

Engineering first

Every project begins with rigorous, site-specific engineering.

02

Original systems

We create proprietary solutions instead of assembling from a catalog.

03

Built in-house

Direct involvement in fabrication gives us control over execution.

04

Operator informed

Our systems reflect what safety, staffing, and throughput really demand.

05

Terrain respectful

More experience and access, with a light physical and ecological footprint.

Rendering of a themed adventure playground with towers, net domes and slides

Start with the terrain

Bring us a site. We’ll bring the engineering.

Bring us a site. We’ll bring the engineering.

Bring us a site. We’ll bring the engineering.

Bring us a site. We’ll bring the engineering.

Two decades of operating experience, in-house fabrication, and a team that stays through opening day and beyond.

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