I just got back from Elk hunting. We took 4 bulls on opening day standing right next to the burn. After we tagged out my wife and I took a drive to see more of the fire. We drove from Riverside WY on hwy 230 to Wyocolo. The hwy's were used to control the fire. Most of what I saw was that they fired out from the hwy and hoped it would get sucked up by the main fire, however most of the firing burnt itself out before it got to the main fire. This left a ton of acres of unburned fuel within the fire perimeter. I parked on top of a burned mountain and had quite a view of the fire on the southern flank. In some spots the fire burned intense and consumed all the timber and in other spots the timber was fine and it only burned the ground vegetation. Next year there will be a ton of grass and the elk will love it. I only saw a couple of slop overs on my drive so they did a good job of keeping the fire in check. Very few smokes can be seen from the hwy. As of right now I doubt that they will let you go into those areas due to safety concerns. Your areas you mentioned are within the burn.