At high altitudes cooling capacity is derated from what it is at sea level due to thinner air.
Electric motors can not be loaded to their Full Load Amps at high elevations either due to the thinner air and loss of cooling capacity. If you want to see the effect, check out a electric motor engineering data sheet.
A more aggressive fan clutch or fan (like Hayden) may be what you need to force more air through the radiator to make up for the cooling loss. Our member kapalczynski went to a flex fan. From what I can figure out, he doesn't watch the tides roll in from his back door, far from it.
Did you get to see a Prius burn up going down the Mountain when the regen brakes had no more battery left to charge?
