A stone yard in winter is a study in shapes under snow — pallets and bins along Wixom Road going soft-edged overnight. SiteOne Stone Center runs snow work through those months: plowing lots and drives, clearing walkways, spreading salt where ice takes hold. Yard-and-gravel country teaches you to set a blade honestly, high enough to leave what belongs and low enough to leave nothing that doesn't. Storms roll into this corner of Oakland County one after another from December on, and the schedule bends to them. Open by morning is the whole standard.