I tried a fairly direct route up to Gwasted from Cwmtillery ponds, which meant a lot of the walk was through thick heather without any tracks. This was not fun and made progress very slow.
The early parts of the walk are country lanes and footpaths through fields, it is only once we start heading South that the tracks narrow and it is hard to tell what is a footpath and what is a sheeptrail.
As you gain height you’ll get a good view of the reservoir and Mynydd James which is opposite.
The paths ascending are quite good until you try and make a cut towards the summit, at which point it is often steep and apart from the odd sheep trail it is largely unrelenting thick heather.
When I reached the summit it was marked, near enough, with a small weather station.
Near the summit you can pick up a path heading North and follow it, with one left turn, towards Coety Mountain – but once you get to Coety Mountain you have to tackle more heather to find the unmarked summit.