X & Y Route 9
For one short stretch, Kalos takes the reins away and sits you on a rented Rhyhorn instead. You do not so much walk this rocky pass as bulldoze it, letting the Rhyhorn flatten every boulder in the path.
Route 9 is in Kalos. In the story you arrive from Ambrette Town to the west and continue east to Glittering Cave.
HIGHLIGHTS
Pokemon Encounters
Just three species ride this rugged pass: Hippopotas and Sandile split the ground at 40% apiece, and Helioptile, a new Electric lizard, rounds it out at 20%.
Hippopotas
ITEMS
A Fire Stone is all that Route 9 offers, ready to evolve a suitable Pokemon into its Fire-type form.
TRAINERS
Sky Trainer Orion is Route 9's single opponent, his Ledian topping out at level 21. It makes an easily managed check that costs a well-leveled team almost nothing.
Orion
Route 9 Guide
No Flying-type, no fight. Sky Trainers hail you from cliffs along Routes 8, 9, 11 and 16 through 19, and only Flying-types and Pokemon with Levitate can answer them. The game checks your party before the first turn, so there is no switching your way into one, and each of these trainers can only be battled once.