Hiker (Trainer class)

A Hiker (Japanese: やまおとこ Mountaineer) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that first debuted in the Generation I games. They appear as large, bearded men carrying a walking stick and wearing hiking gear. In the following generations, they also carry a large backpack.

They specialize in a combination of Fighting-, Ground-, and Pokémon that are common in mountains and caves, such as, , and , although not all of them exclusively train those types.

In Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, Hikers will award three Poké Balls along with prize money upon being defeated, except for Master Trainers.

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

 * See more: List of Battle Tower Trainers (Generation III)/Hiker

Pokémon Emerald

 * See more: List of Battle Frontier Trainers (Generation III)/Hiker

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

 * See more: List of Battle Tower Trainers (Generation IV)/Hiker

Pokémon Platinum

 * See more: List of Battle Frontier Trainers (Generation IV)/Hiker

Pokémon Black and White

 * See more: List of Battle Subway Trainers/Hiker

Pokémon X and Y

 * See more: List of Battle Maison Trainers/Hiker

Pokémon Sun and Moon

 * See more:
 * List of Battle Royal Dome Trainers/Hiker
 * List of Battle Tree Trainers/Hiker

In the anime
battled a Hiker in Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden. was able to defeat the Hiker's, but took such a heavy hit in the battle that it needed to be rushed to a Pokémon Center afterwards. The same Hiker later made a cameo appearance in The Rivals.

Another Hiker appeared in You're a Star, Larvitar!, being one of the Trainers who had their Pokémon temporarily stolen by in the episode.

A trio of Hikers appeared in A Crowning Moment of Truth!. One of them had his beaten by an Alolan, then again for a second time, causing them to take it to a Pokémon Center. At the end of the episode, they kept the pictures that the  was trying to take of. They reappeared in SM095, where they re-encountered Ash and his classmates while they were investigating unusual activity detected at Wela Volcano Park as the Ultra Guardians. In the end, they agreed to patrol the park and an Alolan  that had gotten attached to them. They reappeared in SM103, where they once again photobombed Rotom's attempts to photograph Ash, his classmates along with and.

Other appearances
The digger Rory in Spring Fever seems to be based on the Hiker Trainer class.

disguised themselves as Hikers in Leave It To Brocko!, while was disguised as a.

Looker disguised himself as a Hiker in Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!.

In the
A Hiker makes an appearance in Deprogramming Porygon-Z as a background character, entering the.

In the
Another Hiker named Andy makes an appearance in Black's First Trainer Battle where he accepts a challenge from beginning Trainer. They have a Triple Battle but due to the heat emitted from Black's Tep, Andy gets overheated and runs away to cool himself down with water. When Andy comes back, he becomes disheartened upon finding his Pokémon already defeated by Black. Disappointed, he decides that he should quit being a Trainer, a decision that Black is shocked to hear. Andy reveals to Black that when he was younger he wanted to challenge the Pokémon League but due to his weakness to heat, he kept losing battles and eventually decided to quit being a Trainer altogether.

The leftover flames from the battle caused the whole field to catch ablaze. With Andy's help, Black is able to put all of the flames out. Black tells Andy that it was his that caused the fire because it was trying to help its Trainer by attempting to get over its weakness to  moves. Feeling happy over what his Pokémon would do for him, Andy is convinced by Black to start his dream once again.

Andy later appears at the alongside several other Trainers to help battle Team Plasma.

A Hiker makes a cameo appearance as a background character in Lumiose City in What Does Charmander Do When It Dozes?.

In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Hiker in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

In other languages
Wanderer Montañero Montagnard Montanaro やまおとこ 登山男