I visited Masada in 2014. It’s traditional to walk up to the summit but you need to do this before dawn because it’s brutally hot. The day I went it was so hot they didn’t allow anybody to walk up so I took the cable car. I did walk down, however. A very impressive place, well worth the visit. The weirdest part was drinking a Corona at the visitor’s center. The contrast between ancient and modern was jarring.