diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/create_url_tree.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/create_url_tree.ts
index 092760bf80..d99dc4774b 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/create_url_tree.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/create_url_tree.ts
@@ -157,15 +157,30 @@ function findStartingPosition(
     return new Position(urlTree.root, true, 0);
   } else if (route.snapshot._lastPathIndex === -1) {
     return new Position(route.snapshot._urlSegment, true, 0);
-  } else if (route.snapshot._lastPathIndex + 1 - normalizedChange.numberOfDoubleDots >= 0) {
-    return new Position(
-        route.snapshot._urlSegment, false,
-        route.snapshot._lastPathIndex + 1 - normalizedChange.numberOfDoubleDots);
   } else {
-    throw new Error('Invalid number of \'../\'');
+    const modifier = isMatrixParams(normalizedChange.commands[0]) ? 0 : 1;
+    const index = route.snapshot._lastPathIndex + modifier;
+    return createPositionApplyingDoubleDots(
+        route.snapshot._urlSegment, index, normalizedChange.numberOfDoubleDots);
   }
 }
 
+function createPositionApplyingDoubleDots(
+    group: UrlSegmentGroup, index: number, numberOfDoubleDots: number): Position {
+  let g = group;
+  let ci = index;
+  let dd = numberOfDoubleDots;
+  while (dd > ci) {
+    dd -= ci;
+    g = g.parent;
+    if (!g) {
+      throw new Error('Invalid number of \'../\'');
+    }
+    ci = g.segments.length;
+  }
+  return new Position(g, false, ci - dd);
+}
+
 function getPath(command: any): any {
   return `${command}`;
 }
@@ -184,6 +199,7 @@ function updateSegmentGroup(
   if (segmentGroup.segments.length === 0 && segmentGroup.hasChildren()) {
     return updateSegmentGroupChildren(segmentGroup, startIndex, commands);
   }
+
   const m = prefixedWith(segmentGroup, startIndex, commands);
   const slicedCommands = commands.slice(m.lastIndex);
 
@@ -258,7 +274,7 @@ function createNewSegmentGroup(
     }
 
     // if we start with an object literal, we need to reuse the path part from the segment
-    if (i === 0 && (typeof commands[0] === 'object')) {
+    if (i === 0 && isMatrixParams(commands[0])) {
       const p = segmentGroup.segments[startIndex];
       paths.push(new UrlSegment(p.path, commands[0]));
       i++;
@@ -267,7 +283,7 @@ function createNewSegmentGroup(
 
     const curr = getPath(commands[i]);
     const next = (i < commands.length - 1) ? commands[i + 1] : null;
-    if (curr && next && (typeof next === 'object')) {
+    if (curr && next && isMatrixParams(next)) {
       paths.push(new UrlSegment(curr, stringify(next)));
       i += 2;
     } else {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/test/create_url_tree.spec.ts b/modules/@angular/router/test/create_url_tree.spec.ts
index 7f8e20138a..dbe69ceaab 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/test/create_url_tree.spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/test/create_url_tree.spec.ts
@@ -139,10 +139,23 @@ describe('createUrlTree', () => {
       expect(serializer.serialize(t)).toEqual('/a/(c2//left:cp)(left:ap)');
     });
 
-    it('should work when given params', () => {
+    it('should support parameters-only navigation', () => {
+      const p = serializer.parse('/a');
+      const t = create(p.root.children[PRIMARY_OUTLET], 0, p, [{k: 99}]);
+      expect(serializer.serialize(t)).toEqual('/a;k=99');
+    });
+
+    it('should support parameters-only navigation (nested case)', () => {
       const p = serializer.parse('/a/(c//left:cp)(left:ap)');
       const t = create(p.root.children[PRIMARY_OUTLET], 0, p, [{'x': 99}]);
-      expect(serializer.serialize(t)).toEqual('/a/(c;x=99//left:cp)(left:ap)');
+      expect(serializer.serialize(t)).toEqual('/a;x=99(left:ap)');
+    });
+
+    it('should support parameters-only navigation (with a double dot)', () => {
+      const p = serializer.parse('/a/(c//left:cp)(left:ap)');
+      const t =
+          create(p.root.children[PRIMARY_OUTLET].children[PRIMARY_OUTLET], 0, p, ['../', {x: 5}]);
+      expect(serializer.serialize(t)).toEqual('/a;x=5(left:ap)');
     });
 
     it('should work when index > 0', () => {
@@ -157,13 +170,7 @@ describe('createUrlTree', () => {
       expect(serializer.serialize(t)).toEqual('/a/c2');
     });
 
-    it('should support setting matrix params', () => {
-      const p = serializer.parse('/a/(c//left:cp)(left:ap)');
-      const t = create(p.root.children[PRIMARY_OUTLET], 0, p, ['../', {x: 5}]);
-      expect(serializer.serialize(t)).toEqual('/a;x=5(left:ap)');
-    });
-
-    xit('should support going to a parent (across segments)', () => {
+    it('should support going to a parent (across segments)', () => {
       const p = serializer.parse('/q/(a/(c//left:cp)//left:qp)(left:ap)');
 
       const t =