It looks like you can unbolt the latch that holds the hood down. In this picture I was able to put a 10mm ratcheting wrench on one of the bolts. The travel was very lmited. If you pry off the small plastic shield in front of the latch you should have the room you need. It looks like the shield could be pryed up with a long screw driver through the grill.

I keep a battery maintainer on mine, but the quick connect is located under the hood near the battery. I'm thinking about extending the quick connect to the grill area, so it could be used to supply power in a situation like this.