Kanto Route 15/Route description/Northern half

Only two items of interest are present on the hill: Trainers and an item. In Generation III, the number of Trainers was raised from one in Generation I and Generation II to four. The change is sensible considering that by using the northern half of the route, Trainers can avoid a collection of no less than eight Trainers (six Trainers in Generation II) on the southern half.

In Generation I, the Trainer is located in the center of the hill and the item ball contains. Generation II removed the Trainer from the hill and replaced with PP Up. Finally, in Generation III, the Trainers were spread out evenly over the western two-thirds of the route and the item of choice was.

The hill comes to an end just east of the gate, where Trainers are forced to hop down to the southern half.