Back button isn't working with a hierarchal route
Basically your users route is still active when you go from /user/1 to /user.
To handle list as you want you should define another mount entry :
class RouterExample { void call(Router router, ViewFactory views) { views.configure({ 'users': ngRoute( path: '/user', mount: { 'view' : ngRoute( path: '/:id', enter: (_) => print('Show a user'), leave: (_) => print('Hide user') ), 'list': ngRoute( path: '', enter: (_) => print('Show list of users'), leave: (_) => print('Hide list of users') ) } ) }); }}