Also, at 7000+, nights are cold out there (30-40 degrees), and (spring/summer) daytime temps of over 100 are not uncommon.
Rough country if you are ready for it, brutal if you are not, and to be respected as such.
Yes, there certainly is that issue too.
The valley floor in Diamond Valley gets to 95F during the day, 45 or so at night. Up in the mountains it gets down to the low 40’s at night in the summer, 30’s well into June and again by late August. Very pleasant weather, IMO.
This high differential in day/night temps is why central Nevada is one of the three areas in the west that can grow the best hay in the world.