Echo Summit is notable for being the location of the high altitude U.S. Olympic Trials and Training Camp in the summer of 1968, with the picturesque location being on the cover of the July 1968 issue of Track and Field News. The camp opened in July and the men's track and field trials were held September 6-16, a month before the high altitude 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. The elevation of the track was above sea level, a mere higher than the venue in Mexico City.