This snippet goes up the UI-Router-Tree and transitions to the first state, wich is not abstract. https://jf-projects.de/post/UI-Router:-Access-Parent-but-not-abstract-state/

goToParentState.js

goToParentState: function() {

	var states = $state.current.name.split('.');

	for (var i = states.length - 1; i > 0; i--) {
		var stateName = '';

		for (var j = 0; j < i; j++) {
			stateName += states[j] + (((j + 1) < i) ? '.' : '');
		}
		if (!$state.get(stateName).abstract) {
			$state.go(stateName);
			break;
		}
	}
}