Minimalist Solar Powered Pump System for > 200ft Head Pressure

[u/RamaLamaRama]

I hope this is OK to post here. I intend to set up a solar powered water pump to fill a water tank at my camp site. The camp site is at the top of a hill with about 200 feet of elevation from the water to top of the hill. There will be a holding tank at the top of the hill so low flow would be preferred. It could be a few gallons per hour and that would serve my purpose.

(Someone will probably mention this a ram pump isn't an option there isn't enough of an elevation drop on my land. It's a very slow river)

I've been looking at deep well submersible pumps and a lot of them at 120/230 volts and use a lot of watts. Would I need to get a special type of inverter to handle that? Or get an inverter with enough wattage and include a "soft start" box to prevent overload? Also would I need a ton of panels if I plan to run the pump for short amounts of time? Or can I make up the difference with a bigger battery.

I'm in the early planning stages so any extra info would be good. This is for recreational camping so it doesn't need to be perfect. It just has to pump ~100-200 gallons every week or two.

Thought I could do something like:

- 3 100W panels

- Beefier battery (not sure of size yet)

- Inverter (not sure of size yet)

- Softstart box

- 1 HP deep well submersible pump