You wont ride much of it as an uphill, there are lots of steps, slabs, loose boulders and a bit of bog.
As a DH it's great apart from a bit of a walk/carry through the very uppermost section. You can get through those aforementioned features with applications of speed, weight back off the saddle and the odd dab. It is tougher than the Ranger Path and much tougher than the Llanberis Path.
I'd go up the Llanberis Path (with a bit of railway line action this time of year), down Rhyd Ddu and then back up the Ranger Path until the righthander to get you up, over and down Maesgwm (aka Telegraph Valley) and back to Llanberis.
This time of year it is a proper mountain so take the right emergency backup kit.