Teton Mountain Stomp is a couple mixer folk dance from USA choreographed by legendary square dance caller “Doc” Alumbaugh in the 1950s. This simple dance has been kept alive by its wide use in grade school and higher levels as a simple dance for physical education or social dance classes. Seventy years later, there is some variation of dance partner progression and what form of partner swing is used. The Western line dance community has both “slightly-modified” and completely new choreographies all titled “Teton Mountain Stomp” with some using the original music and some using modern country or rock songs. In the 1950s, several square dance bands recorded “Teton Mountain Stomp,” written by Phil Boutelje, including at least three on the Windsor Records label that “Doc” Alumbaugh created to distribute square and round dance music to clubs and schools.
| Dance Name: | Teton Mountain Stomp |
| Aliases: | Teton Mountain Stamp Mount Morgan Stomp |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| Music Genre: | Western |
| Choreographer: | Doc Allumbaugh |
| Year: | 1950s |
| Dance Type: | Partner | Mixer (Round) |
| Dance Category: | Oldies IFD |
| Native Presence: | Living |
| Skill Level: | Beginner |
| Energy Intensity: | Lively |
| Tune: | “Teton Mountain Stomp” written by: Phil Boutelje |
| Recording: | Windsor Orchestra and various others |
| Time Signature: | 2/4 |
| Pattern: | 32 counts |
| Dancer Formation: | Couples Circle |
| Hand Hold: | Ballroom |
| Starts to: | Center w/ Man’s L |
| Leads to: | R (CCW=LOD) |
| Published: | February 8, 2026 |
| Updated: | February 8, 2026 |
Dance Variations
Progression
The dance can be done without the partner mixer progression, but couple mixer is the predominate form. International folk dance notes and LP published notes call for a progression of two positions, meaning that the “man” position passes one “woman” and makes new partner with the second. It seems this only makes sense when a large number of couples are present. If an even number of couples exist, this would lead to skipping half of the potential partners and recoupling with previous in a small group. Many groups just progress to the next available partner. Perhaps the double progression is to make use of the full four walking counts? Some groups eschew any forward progression and skip the last 1/2 turn change from sidecar to banjo position and the man walks reverse LOD upstream to a new partner instead of normal LOD (CCW).
- 2nd in LOD (as written)
- 1st in LOD (most common)
- 1st in RLOD
Couple Swing
There are various approaches to the couple swing ending the dance figure. The original choreography calls for two “two-steps,” aka “shuffle steps,” and four pivots. A simpler option is eight buzz steps, and simpler yet it an eight-count right elbow or double hand swing. Still even simpler is a do-si-do. The less energetic options, such as do-si-do, may be more appropriate for some dancers’ abilities, such as children and elderly.
- 2x shuffle steps + 4x pivots
- 8x buzz steps
- 8-count elbow or double hand swing
- 8-count do-si-do